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...American University Eagles took advantage of awesome 25-for-36 shooting (69 per cent) from the floor in the second half to break open a 54-52 halftime lead and snap Harvard's undefeated string at three, 108-88, before...
...freeze-framing of physical gestures into their component parts traps and frees the subject. The stop-motion of Denise's bike ride locks her into a string of contortions but also celebrates her joy in movement. It prolongs and accents the pain of a woman's beating on a street corner but softens the blows by dissecting and punctuating them-turning the series of hurt faces into studied caricatures. Paul's slow-motion salutory kiss-which finally reaches his daughter's cheek-becomes at once a tortured eternity and a muscle spasm which lands like a hammer. It is clear...
...things, to keep us conscious of our voyeur status. The characters themselves tease our distance from the film. "What's that music?" one will ask referring to the soundtrack after a particularly absorbing drama. Finally the improbable conclusion, and one of the film's few hackneyed moments: an elegant string ensemble in an alley-the soundtrack's players taking a bow? -stirs memories of similar Fellini incongruities, satirized here by the moment's harshness...
...Engineers added three more goals in the final stanza and a string of Crimson penalties killed wheatever comeback hopes that squad might have had. RPI's crisp passing and continual movement dominated the fast-paced first period and gave the Engineers a quick 2-0 lead...
...line led by guard Orazio Lattanzi and tackle Mike Durgin, and Harvard put together an impressive offensive front. Kicker Dave Cody ("He was the most pleasant thing that happened to us this year," Restic says) contributed 45 points. Not surprisingly, when injuries forced the team down to its fourth-string quarterback, it lost. The only other defeat was to Yale, clearly a better team, at least on November...