Archive for March, 2003
Polanski Hits a Sour Note in ‘Pianist’
By Tom Teicholz at 21 March, 2003, 9:06 pm
Truth to tell, I didn’t start to despise “The Pianist†— Roman’s Polanski’s Oscar-nominated film of concert pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman’s memoirs of Warsaw during World War II — until the very end of the film: The war has ended and a friend has taken Szpilman to a farm in the Polish countryside. There used to [...]
Read More >>Is Hollywood Against the War?
By Tom Teicholz at 14 March, 2003, 9:08 pm
Across the country, Americans are wondering, “Why is Hollywood against the war?â€
On TV programs and TV and radio talk shows, in magazines and newspapers, they see actors and actresses opining, talking the talk and walking the anti-war walk. This has led to a separate thread of programs and opinion pieces about whether Hollywood stars should [...]