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George Grella
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“Stranger Than Fiction”
Not so strange, after all Movies Given its origins in chemistry and mechanism, and the illusory magic of its moving images, the cinema not only encourages but virtually demands experimentation with form and content. Despite the relative crudeness of their equipment, its earliest practitioners in fact played with such tricks as slow and fast motion, […]
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“Flags of Our Fathers”
The war in the Pacific, and at home Movies Whether because of public dubiety about all the conflicts since World War II, a willingness to exploit any trend, or perhaps the inexorable progress of history itself, Hollywood continues to produce movies about the last truly global conflict, “the Good War.” Despite its soppy weepiness, The […]
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“Man of the Year”
Another clown for president Movies With the broad, bright media spotlight focused on the upcoming election, a picture about contemporary politics should supply the sort of relevance that in the past characterized a number of classic Hollywood pictures. Most viewers probably also expect the combination of Barry Levinson, the writer-director of Man of the Year, […]
