Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot 1959, NR, 119 min. D: Billy Wilder; with Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in. If Billy Wilder achieved nothing else in his entire career, he would still rank…
Coffeetable Books
Boring Postcards edited by Martin Parr Phaidon, 176 pp., $24.95 Boring Postcards is refreshing; it seems to be an affront to the very idea of the coffeetable book (these postcards of Fifties and Sixties-era Great Britain, collected by artist Martin Parr, are very boring). But then you peruse it and become invariably sucked into the…
Off the Bookshelf
Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique by Suki Schorer Knopf, 426 pp., $40 This elegant tome reads like an exquisite cookbook for the body, with recipes for things like “Battement Frappe Pique” and instructions like “arrive instantly — BANG! — in the third arabesque.” There are lots of how-to pictures of dancers getting it right and…
TV Eye
Remembering Madeline Kahn; also, what’s on the tube for the holidays
Record Reviews
The Doobie BrothersLong Train Runnin’ 1970-2000 (Warner Archives/Rhino) It’s easy to hate the Doobie Brothers. Although almost 30 years have passed since this feel-good Northern California collective began peppering our cultural consciousness with infectious contrivances like “Listen to the Music” and “Long Train Runnin’,” their presence on the airwaves has never really waned. Who needs…
Naked City
The Planning Commission votes to recommend a renegotiation of a zoning overlay around the Hyde Park Baptist Church, which wants to build a five-story parking garage in the neighborhood, and a temporary halt on major construction in areas that have neighborhood plans in development. The measures go to council on Thursday.
Felicia’s Journey
Felicia’s Journey 1999, PG-13, 116 min. Directed by Atom Egoyan, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian, Peter McDonald, Gerard McSorley, Claire Benedict, Danny Turner. Although Felicia’s Journey is not quite the multifaceted gem that Atom Egoyan’s previous film The Sweet Hereafter was, the director’s film adaptation of William…
Coffeetable Books
The Story of Time edited by Kristen Lippincott Merrell Holberton, 304 pp., $45 Finally, a legitimate excuse to jump aboard the millennium bandwagon: time! Focusing less on prophetic musings and more on the reason why people debate when the new millennium actually begins, The Story of Time is a collection of essays from authors such…
Off the Bookshelf
Charleston Style: Past and Present by Susan Sully, photographs by John Blais Rizzoli, 200 pp., $50 Every book that Rizzoli publishes is spectacularly produced, and always lavish in its detail. (And pricey enough to consider them investment books.) But you get exactly what you pay for with Rizzoli, and so it is with high expectations…
Mini-Review
Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine by Tom Stevenson Wine Appreciation Guild Books, 336 pp., $50 Those of you who are not obsessed with wine have probably never heard of Tom Stevenson. But if you’re a sparkling wine lover, his new book gets our highest recommendation. He has written 14 books on wine…
Record Reviews
Harry Chapin Story of a Life (Elektra/Rhino) Growing up in the Seventies, it seemed impossible to escape the music of Harry Chapin. A New York City boy, his albums rang from college dorm rooms and car radios on a near-constant basis, and most people never seemed to tire of his socially aware stories and heavily…
Naked City
Tarrytown residents wonder whether the city will ever finish construction on water mains and sewers in their neighborhood; the city says it’s just doing what it has to do.
Some Fish Can Fly
Some Fish Can Fly 1999, NR, 95 min. Directed by Robert Kane Pappas, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Dorothea Hanrahan, Bridget Barkan, John Rowe, Nina Howie, Clarke Bittner, Rik Nagel, Kevin Causey, Nancy St. Alban. Love and indie filmmaking go intrinsically hand in hand: One is necessary for the success of the other,…
Coffeetable Books
Encyclopaedia Anatomica Museo La Specola Florence Taschen, 704 pp., $29.99 (paper) Though most of the anatomical wax figures housed in the La Specola Museum in Florence and now collected in the Encyclopaedia Anatomica were crafted in the 18th century, their accuracy and beauty in depicting every tint of the liver, every curve of a bone…
Off the Bookshelf
From Abfab to Zen: Paper’s Guide to Pop Culture edited by Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkovits Distributed Arts Publisher, 204 pp., $24.95 (paper) Who could describe this glossy compilation of media-induced images better than that venerated maestro of unabashed decadence, John Waters: It’s a “reform school yearbook of addled fame and fucked-up fortune.” With striking…
Mini-Review
Cooking Fearlessly: Recipes and Other Adventures From Hudson’s on the Bend by Jeff Blank and Jay Moore, with Deborah Harter Fearless Press, 180 pp., $32.95 In both style and content, Cooking Fearlessly — the new cookbook from chefs Jeff Blank and Jay Moore — is anything but minimal. It presents the restaurant’s signature wild game…
Record Reviews
Roy OrbisonOfficial Authorized Bootleg (Orbison) The only thing to come out of Wink, Texas, besides a whole lotta oil and a coyote or two, Roy Orbison became one of early rock & roll’s signature voices and remained a popular live entertainer up to his untimely death in December 1988. This 4-CD “authorized bootleg collection” catalogs…
Naked City
Beverly Sheffield, the longtime director of the Parks and Recreation Dept. and a local visionary and civic leader, has died.
The Very Thought of You
The Very Thought of You PG-13, 88 min. Directed by Nick Hamm, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ray Winstone, Joseph Fiennes, Tom Hollander, Rufus Sewell, Monica Potter. Not reviewed at press time. Best pals Daniel, Frank, and Laurence have years of friendship thrown into a jumble when Martha, freshly arrived in London from…
Coffeetable Books
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook by Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht Chronicle Books, 176 pp., $14.95 (paper) Should a nightmare chain reaction leading to global armageddon occur anytime soon, the chances of finding yourself having to escape from quicksand or fend off a charging bull are no greater than on your average day. Nonetheless, The…
Local Bestsellers
This week’s list of bestsellers is from Congress Avenue Booksellers, 716 Congress.
Mini-Review
by Carol Ann Sayle Boggy Creek Farm, 112 pp., $12.95 (paper) (Available at Boggy Creek Farm, among other locations) I’m a big fan of Boggy Creek Farm, Austin’s little urban farm gem on the east side of town. A wonderfully rare resource, Boggy Creek provides those in the know with unbelievably fresh, organic produce and…
Record Reviews
Nick LoweThe Doings (Edsel) Nick Lowe first came to the attention of most of us Yanks as the most prolific and influential musician, songwriter, and record producer on England’s coolest (and first) indie label, Stiff Records. In a matter of months, he’d released era-defining singles (“So It Goes”/”Heart of the City”), toured and recorded with…
Naked City
On Friday, Dec. 17 at 1pm, the Women’s Action Coalition and Austin Copwatch will hold a demonstration in front of the Travis County Courthouse Annex to protest what they believe were lenient charges filed against APD officer Samuel Ramirez, who allegedly raped a woman while on duty in March but was charged with only a…
Last Night
Canadian writer/director McKellar reveals the eerie intimacies undergone by people during the final six hours before the world ends.
Coffeetable Books
The Vibe History of Hip Hop edited by Alan Light Three Rivers Press, 418 pp., $27.50 (paper) For my money, the most important music story of the Nineties is right here — from our shocked introduction to gansta rap, through the sad, short life of Tupac, and skyward. In these 10 years, the musical explosion…
Page Two
The next four days will be the hardest three weeks of the year.
A Home Loan of Our Own
Homeowning may be the American Dream, but seems so far out of reach for so many. Bernadette Noll’s story of finding and buying a house offers hope for the hapless.
Record Reviews
Stevie WonderAt the Close of a Century (Motown) A picture on cover of this 4-CD box set depicts the artist early in his career, when he was “‘Little’ Stevie Wonder, the 12-year-old genius,” and it tells you everything you need to know about this soul and pop pioneer. His face is lit by the broadest…
Council Watch
Council divided on Gotham condo project; Jesus Garza gets a big raise; East Austin residents voice concerns about the future of the brown building and flood control.
Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man 1999, PG, 131 min. Directed by Chris Columbus, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Lindze Letherman, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Oliver Platt, Wendy Crewson, Alan Rich, Scott Waugh. Is it me or was Robin Williams far less irritating during his years as a self-centered substance-abuse casualty? Granted,…
Second Helpings: Chinese
Tasty, bite-sized restaurant listings compiled this week by Mick Vann.
Coffeetable Books
The Century of Sex: Playboy’s History of the Sexual Revolution, 1900-1999 by James R. Petersen Grove Press, 576 pp., $35 Sumo by Makoto Kubota Chronicle Books, 156 pp., $29.95 (paper) There was a golden moment in 1965 when Playboy and sophistication were synonymous. Since then, the magazine has been outflanked by feminism on one side…
Public Notice
Public Notice is noticing a lot of public service types getting into the holiday spirit. Events big and small are happening all over town, as are opportunities to give, give, give, and give some more.
The Buy It Now Foundation
Taking that first step to get out of a rental and into a home of your own can be a bit daunting. There’s a whole list of excuses, reasons why not to buy: No repairs to do, no down payment to save up, no obligations, and no pesky mortgage math. What do all those mortgage…
Record Reviews
Sammy Davis Jr.Yes I Can: The Sammy Davis Jr. Story (Rhino/Warner Archives) As a Rat Packer, Sammy Davis Jr. was never the star. He could sing, but not as well as Frank Sinatra. He could act, but not as well as Sinatra. After all nobody ever said, “It’s Sammy’s world. The rest of us just…
Girl, Upgraded
According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change
Visions of Sugar Plums
It may be old news to most of us, but every December thousands of children discover The Nutcracker for the first time, and it inspires many to take up dance. Dawn Davis was one of them, and she talks to three young ballerinas about what The Nutcracker means to them.
Coffeetable Books
Degas and New Orleans: A French Impressionist in America by Gail Feigenbaum Rizzoli, 192 pp., $40 The only French Impressionist in America, it turns out. Accompanying an exhibit that reassembles the two dozen or so paintings that Edgar Degas (1834-1917) made during a five-month visit to the Crescent City in 1872, Degas and New Orleans:…
After a Fashion
The VHI/Vogue Fashion Awards was a Super Bowl for queens.
The Memory of Music
Discovering Moby Grape’s Skip Spence via his only solo album Oar, and it’s new tribute album, More Oar
Record Reviews
Central Avenue Sounds(Rhino) This 4-CD set aims to document the growth and evolution of African-American music in Los Angeles from 1921-56. Actually, the city had a relatively small black population prior to 1940, so the years 1921-39 are represented by only 15 tracks. Twelve of those could be considered bogus in that they’re by artists…
How’d You Do?
Total your points for questions 1-8. The number you come up with will tell you what kind of a gamer you are! 30-40: You are a true-blue girly-girl. You love to chat online with your friends, and you’re sensitive to others. Friends love your fashion sense and the way you talk with people. The Backstreet…
Articulations
Robert Faires corrects an omission in his review of The Cry Pitch Carrolls and tells you where to find an umbrella.
Coffeetable Books
Great Texas Birds by John P. O’Neill, edited by Suzanne Winckler University of Texas Press, 128 pp., $34.95 Texas is the great bird state, with over 600 species, both native and migrating. Great Texas Birds has the look of a picture book, reproducing 48 bird paintings by O’Neill, a noted ornithologist and nature painter. But…
Day Trips
Send your favorite daytripper or daytripper-to-be on a photographic journey through Austin or a uniquely Texan greasy-spoon odyssey.
More Oar reviewed
More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (Birdman) Helping inaugurate the age of tribute albums by assembling one of the first, and still one of the best, musical homages ever paid a true rock & roll visionary, 1990’s Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson, music industry veteran Bill…
Record Reviews
Horace SilverRetrospective (Blue Note) Call it anti-bebop. Horace Silver, who along with Art Blakey coined the hard bop movement, did so out of a serious concern for the future of jazz. Concerned that Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and others were taking the music down an elitist path, overintellectualizing and hyper-speeding their way to…
Where the Boys Aren’t
“No fair!” one preteen boy was reported to have whined upon seeing the commercial for Girl Tech’s new e-gadget toys. It’s understandable he’d feel left out — these toys are cool. Founded in 1995 by game developer Janese Swanson (Carmen Sandiego), Girl Tech was later sold to Dallas’ Radica Games in May 1998, although the…
Exhibitionism
The Propaganda Troop production of Laura Cunningham’s Beautiful Bodies
Coffeetable Books
The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali by Ian Gibson Norton, 798 pp., $45 The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali, touted as the most comprehensive and revealing portrait of the flamboyant Catalonian painter thus far, purports to serve as an antidote to Dali’s lifelong campaign of obfuscating certain details of his life and work and reads…
Mr. Smarty Pants
Delivery in a half hour, or it’s free.
Back Door Man
A profile of Bill Bentley, former Austin Sun writer, current music industry impresario, and producer of tribute albums of Roky Erickson and Skip Spence
Record Reviews
Lester Young The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions (Verve) No jazz musician has played with the youthful grace that Lester “Prez” Young displayed during his 1936-40 stint with Count Basie, and none has exhibited the world-weariness that Young exhibited on record at the end of his life. Yet even in his last years, he played…
They Don’t Call It Gamefellas for Nothin’
For the most part, console games are largely unexplored by girl game developers. Currently, Laura Groppe’s Girl Games Inc. is in negotiation to develop a console game with PlayStation for the company’s Indygirl adrenaline sports line. Considering Groppe is aiming to capture the teen girl audience, it’s a smart move. Because they’re multiplayer, console games…
Exhibitionism
The Johnson / Long Dance Company production of Loss Soul
Coffeetable Books
Science Fiction of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History by Frank M. Robinson Collector’s Press, 256 pp., $59.95 Every science fiction fan around the globe should bow before Robinson’s dense, picture-filled, and downright heavy compendium of all things fantastic. It is a truly thorough work. In his essays, Robinson traces society’s perceptions of the genre…
Tunnel Vision
The unrighteousness of parity and its horrible aftertaste.
Dancing About Architecture
Austin Music goes to Amsterdam, and the Spankers come back from there; more albums don’t come out, and more bad club news
Chief Countdown
Austin police prepare for A2K; Chief Stan Knee says the evening will be almost business as usual
Mother, Jugs, & Speed
My 11-year-old son and I have this little routine whenever we go to check out the video games at Northcross Mall. As we head to the entrance, I’ll stop and turn to him, and with a most serious expression put my hands on his shoulders. “What?” he’ll impatiently ask, eager to load up on Player’s…
Exhibitionism
The Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre Company production of Mike Albo’s Sexotheque
Coffeetable Books
Parisian Views by Shelley Rice MIT Press, 288 pp., $18 (paper) In addition to being gorgeously illustrated, Shelley Rice’s Parisian Views is both intellectually profound and elegantly written. When photography emerged into the world, it seemed like magic. The fact that the medium was invented in the City of Light in an “age under construction”…
About AIDS
A new Web site is proving an excellent resource for people living with HIV.
Record Reviews
Sony Music 100 Years Soundtrack for a Century (Sony) It weighs 12 pounds. Comes in a heavy, bound case that resembles the encyclopedic Oxford English Dictionary. Is comprised of 548 songs on 26 CDs, and takes over 30 hours to listen to completely. Retails somewhere in the vicinity of $275. And is, from a consumer…
The Party Poop
Within two weeks of the Chronicle’s last extensive look at A2K, “Eve of Destruction?” (Oct. 29), Mayor Kirk Watson’s team of A2K party planners announced a series of new or slightly revised strategies for the event. Behind the scenes, Watson brought in a new event coordinator, Charlie Jones — a concert and event promoter whose…
Game Reviews
Barbie Riding Club (PC, Mattel Media/Human Code, $19.99) Barbie is your riding instructor in this first-person horseback riding simulator game, reportedly the first of its kind. The goal is to ride around a mountain and pick up notes and treasures, which will eventually lead you to a pack of mystical wild horses which no human…
Coffeetable Books
Footsteps of the South Polar Explorers by Graham Collier and Patricia Graham Collier Carroll & Graf, 194 pp., $35 The modern would-be explorer is cursed: All the frontiers have been opened, the blank spots on the maps filled in, rivers and mountains named and inventoried, leaving only space travel — but where’s the joy in…
Champagne Uncorked
Wes Marshall provides a primer on Champagne: where to get it, when to drink it, and what to drink it with.
Record Reviews
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Century of Women in Music (Rhino) Wrapped in supple pooled-blood purple velvet — fun to finger and a delight to hold — the box of this 5-CD set hints at what’s inside: a plush portrait of the most influential women in recorded music — artists as important in the struggle for equality as…
A Whole New Ball Game
Stakeholders say Colorado River Park can serve a lot of different needs.
Girl Talk
Laura Groppe has said that 30% of her company revolves around research. Part of that research is focus groups, in which teen girls play with Girl Games products and talk about the parts they like, the parts they hate, or the parts they don’t understand. As part of the research for their horoscope-centered sequel to…
Coffeetable Books
Local News: Tabloid Pictures From the Los Angeles Herald Express, 1936-1961 edited by Diane Keaton Distributed Art Publishers, 144 pp., $35 On December 23, 1947, a Tuesday, Mrs. Helen Miller, proud as a peacock, raised up her skirt and revealed for the eager readers of the Los Angeles Herald Express that she had been held…
Coffeetable Books
Rembrandt’s Eyes by Simon Schama Knopf, 640 pp., $50 Simon Schama has written something like a biography of Rembrandt … but not exactly. We know we are in an unorthodox text in the very first chapter. Schama moves from Rembrandt to Constantijn Huygens, one of his patrons and an important figure in Dutch intellectual history.…
Sparkling Suggestions
Inexpensive sparklers can be nicely dressed up in cocktail form. Below are some recipes that people have enjoyed for years. Champagne Cocktail Put a sugar cube in the bottom of a champagne flute. Put a dash or two of Angostura Bitters on the cube. Pour the sparkling wine slowly to keep foam at minimum. Garnish…
Record Reviews
Wendy CarlosSwitched-On Boxed Set (East Side Digital) Wendy Carlos has been standing on the avant-garde of electronic music for a long time. In 1968, the composer struck platinum playing the original analog Moog synthesizer on Switched-On Bach and took home three Grammy Awards for it. Carlos then recorded The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Switched-On Bach II, and…
Zilker Park: A Neglected Crown Jewel
If the model for Austin parks at the end of the 20th century remains Zilker Park and the Barton Springs Greenbelt, the Austin Parks Foundation hopes the Colorado River Park can provide the model for the next 100 years. Not that APF executive director Tim Fulton wants to replace the “crown jewel” of Austin’s celebrated…
Short Cuts
Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.
Coffeetable Books
Avedon: The Sixties by Richard Avedon and Doon Arbus Random House, 256 pp., $75 Richard Avedon’s book The Sixties speaks for itself about the decade that best represents the 20th century. It is one of the most visually compelling volumes of photographs from one of the most visually compelling photographers of the century. With Doon…
Coffeetable Books
Heavenly Bodies: Remembering Hollywood and Fashion’s Favorite AIDS Benefit by Michael Anketell Taylor Publishing, 194 pp., $30.95 Try and get past the awkward title of this divine book; it’s a first writing effort from someone who has wonderful dirt to dish (and I am a true connoisseur of dirt). As founder, chairman, and executive producer…
Toasts
English: Cheers French: A votre santé German: Prosit Hungarian: Ege’sze’ge’re Italian: Alla Salute Spanish: Salud Some Favorites: May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past. May those that love us, love us. And those that don’t love us, May God turn their hearts. And if he…
Record Reviews
The John Adams Earbox(Nonesuch/Warner Bros.) While he might not be as well known as Philip Glass or Steve Reich, John Adams is often lumped together with these two in an impromptu triumvirate of minimalism. Yet this comparison isn’t wholly accurate. While an admitted minimalist, Adams is comfortable with the canon of Western classical music; minimalism…
Colorado River Park Action Plan
Using the Town Lake Comprehensive Plan and public surveys as a guide, Hargreaves Associates developed this concept that incorporates a mix of natural areas, recreational pursuits, and cultural activities. Under this plan: Existing Krieg Fields, upper left, would see some landscape improvements and additional parking. The Montopolis ballfields, on the lower end of the map,…
Video Reviews
ShagD: Zelda Barron (1989); with Bridget Fonda, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Phoebe Cates, Scott Coffey, Robert Rusler, Tyrone Power Jr., Carrie Hamilton, Leilani Sarelle. In a girls-go-to-the-beach film like this, the danger is that it will turn into Where the Boys Are. Banish all thoughts of that bit of early Sixties fluff; Shag is delightful…
Coffeetable Books
20th-Century Dreams by Nik Cohn and Guy Peellaert Knopf, 224 pp., $25 (paper) If you stayed awake for 100 years of wars and glamour, policy and fashion, and finally sighed and took one long nap at the end of it all, chances are your surreal dreams would be almost as tickling and lush as the…
Postscripts
Why has the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded $50,000 to Southwest Texas State University, with the possibility of awarding the university $5 million more.
Food-o-File
If visions of sugarplums are dancing in your head but the time or talent for holiday baking have yet to materialize, Virginia B. Wood has done the homework for you: This week’s Food-o-File lists local bakeries cooking up Christmas sweets.
Record Reviews
Grateful DeadSo Many Roads (1965-1995) (Arista/Grateful Dead) The real challenge here must have been how to adequately and accurately condense roughly 2,500 live performances over a span of 30 years down to a 5-CD set and still do justice to this most extraordinary of American musical legacies. To their credit, the pantheon of Dead archivists…
Naked City
Poor ticket sales forces the Austin Symphony to cancel its New Year’s Eve celebration; ARTS Center Stage is floating a new parking proposal for the community events and performing arts centers, and the Eastwoods neighborhood association is angered over the city’s approval of a fraternity site plan to build a sports court.
Video Reviews
MandingoD: Richard Fleischer (1975); with James Mason, Ken Norton, Perry King, Susan George, Brenda Sykes, Richard Ward, Lillian Hayman. This is one of the most tasteless epics of all time, but it’s still imbedded in a lot of people’s minds. One reason may be the fact that it was censured by the Catholic church upon…
Coffeetable Books
The Reposed by William K. Greiner LSU Press, 144 pp., $39.95 What Anne Geddes is to the beginning of life, William K. Greiner is to the end. In his poignant collection of 62 cemetery photographs, the New Orleans native follows in the celebrated footsteps of other artists, like Edward Weston and Clarence John Laughlin, who…
Off the Bookshelf
The Book of Divination by Ann Fiery Chronicle Books, 224 pp., $24.95 Compare birthdates with your kid brother to settle who is more highly evolved, numerologically speaking. Study your palm for evidence — any evidence at all — that you’re an artist manqué. But first, procure The Book of Divination and get your superstitions straight.…
Video Reviews
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss SongD. Melvin Van Peebles (1971); with Melvin Van Peebles, Rhetta Hughes, John Amos, Simon Chuckster, Mario Van Peebles. Although it’s cited as the forerunner of blaxploitation, Sweet Sweetback really can’t be compared to the likes of Shaft or Black Caesar. In fact, it’s far removed from much of the genre, thanks to…
Record Reviews
Alice in ChainsMusic Bank (Columbia) The material on the three music discs of Alice in Chains’ long-awaited 4-CD Music Bank is culled from three studio CDs, two EPs, a live album, and import B-sides. That’s a meager body of work to mine, hardly enough to fill a box set on its own, and if this…
Naked City
Northwest Austin neighbors of Hyde Baptist Church’s Quarries property map out a plan for fighting massive development in their neighborhood.
Ride With the Devil
Ride With the Devil 1999, R, 138 min. Directed by Ang Lee, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Simon Baker-Denny, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Jewel, Jeffrey Wright, Skeet Ulrich, Tobey Maguire. Clarity of vision degrades over distance, and so do the high-toned rationales political leaders concoct to justify blood-borne passions. Ride With the Devil, in a…
