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At the Movies: 'Hero' artistically, emotionally
satisfying
by Nick Coulapides
Staff Writer
We’ve reached the tail end of the summer movie
season once again. But where we are used to finding the studio duds
that get thrown out for cheap blockbuster cash, (“Anacondas:
The Hunt for the Blood Orchid”) we get a pleasant and wonderful
surprise in “Hero”.
While the film is in subtitles, there is very little
dialogue and it flo ws so smoothly with the action where it doesn’t
become noticeable.
After countless “Americanized” films
that saw Jet Li trying to make the jump to Hollywood (“The One”, “Lethal
Weapon 4”, “Cradle 2 the Grave”), he truly shines
when he’s at his roots.
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 by Ryan Finn
Staff Writer
Yimou Zhang’s “Hero” could have a very
wide appeal. I optimistically imagine it finding appreciation from fans
of martial arts films, romantics, history buffs, painters and even dancers.
Yes, dancers.
First, the curious backstory: Yimou made and released this
film two years ago in Asia to astonishing success. Miramax boss Harvey
Weinstein acquired the U.S. distribution rights but didn’t release
the film until now.
Previous story cuts, legal troubles and Quentin Tarantino
are all involved in its U.S. release. Don’t ask. Just watch.
Watching this film is surely one of the great cinematic
pleasures of the year. Yimou, aided by his cinematographer Christopher
Doyle, has made a film of unbelievable beauty. The use of color, visual
movement, and choreography is incredible.
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The Turchin Center show performance
art through photography in the exhibit "Collaboration: Paintings
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TCVA pushes performance art to second dimension
by Elizabeth Ashford
Staff Writer
Performance art is usually seen live, but this year the Turchin Center
for the Visual Arts is providing the public with performance art in the
form of photography.
The current exhibition is titled “Collaboration:
Paintings and Performances” by Fern Shaffer and Othello Anderson.
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