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Another way to avoid U.S. controls is called "drop shipping," say Customs Service agents. An American company barred from exporting stun guns directly to a foreign country pays a producer in a third country with loose export controls to ship the foreign weapons with an American label slapped on them. The U.S. company then bills the customer at a marked-up price and pockets the profit. Customs agents also suspect that many distributors simply file phony export-declaration forms and ship directly to problem countries. Last December, Yuri I. Montgomery, an Olympia, Wash., exporter, was indicted on charges of sending...
...hour 50 minutes, The Spanish Prisoner clocks in as one of Mamet's longest works. Yet there are ellipses aplenty, in plot and dialogue, to tantalize and mystify the viewer. "I'm always trying to keep it spare," Mamet says. "Trudy Ship, the editor on my first films, said in editing, 'You start with a scalpel, and you end with a chainsaw.' I think that's true of writing too. For me the real division between a serious writer and an unserious one is whether they're willing...
Result? Stalemate. How does this movie end? How should it end? Hurry, the ship's going down...
...tells about her romance with the impoverished passenger Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio). The two run the events of normal cinematic romance, and Cameron's script presents the lead actors with incredible cliches. Each of the other characters represents a segment of society rather than a person. As the ship breaks apart and its passengers choose between life and death, Titanic achieves an epic grandeur that the film may not deserve. Overall, the film is a pyrrhic victory for Cameron. Jeremy J. Ross
...player in the farce? That bloated, hysterically overhyped ship which still shows no signs of sinking. Nor do the other major contenders alleviate the anti-Titanic moviegoer's gloom. This year's nominations are, by and large, a case study in the power of Hollywood hype. But hey, what else are the Oscars for? If it's recognition of creative force you're looking for, better check out the evening wear on Oscar night. If it's good taste, I'm afraid you're out of luck...