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...same territory, but it’s different. That was more a portrait of the architects. This is more a portrait of a nation, of a society at a historic moment at the end of the Cold War and how it behaves. There’s something larger at stake, which is the change in a society when transformative events take place, like the end of the Cold War. What do we do when the Cold War ends? The question I was always wrestling with was an interesting one: were we a monopoly superpower that was, in the events before...
...just as, if not more critical, to the future of the case against bin Laden. Here, the argument has to be made in the court of world opinion. "We want to establish a system of intelligence exchange, possibly setting up an international criminal tribunal. There's a lot at stake here, both immediately and for the future in terms of international military, diplomatic and judicial partnerships...
Some may think such criticism is inappropriate, that we should put aside politics and speak with one voice. But it seems to me that the time to be most critical of the president and his administration is now when so much is at stake. His solutions should not be the only ones considered. The American system of government was set up to ensure that no one man can control the national agenda, as many Americans would have it right now. If we are truly patriotic, we will welcome debate on Capitol Hill and allow our democratic institutions to work properly...
...satire. His performance is the same way—his acting is best when it’s grounded in some real world backdrop, like There’s Something About Mary or Mystery Men. You can’t help but feel that something is at stake in the limitations of Stiller’s characters; in Zoolander, everyone is inside on the the joke, whether it be Jerry Stiller’s prostrate-troubled modeling agent or the rock band of Finnish dwarves that live at Owen Wilson’s pad. As a result, the film becomes...
...Pacific island and an area inside White Sands, New Mexico. Both locations are rather unsophisticated, and critics have correctly argued that a more realistic setting is needed. After all, why shouldn’t we be able to run the most advanced tests possible, when so much is at stake...