Writer

Joe Contreras

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Busted at the Border

T HE SUBMERGENCE of identity, its apparent destruction, and its final reassertion will remain, for most of us, abstract concepts


A Misbegotten Marriage

W ATCHING GOIN' SOUTH makes you think Burt Reynolds must have had something to do with it. The cutting one-liners


Eavesdropping on Experience

Y OU OFTEN OVERHEAR bizarre snippets of conversation in a theater lobby or a screening room right before show time.


The Discreet Lies of ITT

I appreciate this opportunity to appear before this subcommittee to clarify the facts regarding ITT's concern and actions with respect


The Sum of the Parts...

W HILE CERTAIN RISKS attend any attempt to read into a single sequence the essence of a feature-length film, one


Beating a Dead Parrot

M ONTY PYTHON'S BRAND of humor always seemed peculiarly suited to the ear, not the eye. The ridiculous inflections of


Moss Gathering

I NVENTORS have a way of getting bored with their creations, and would-be magazine mogul Jann Wenner has proven to


A Clash of Two Wills

I N THE MINDS of many film critics and committed moviegoers, Sidney Lumet has been tried, convicted and sentenced. His


Honor Among Thieves

P LACE YOURSELF in the position of entering a penitentiary for the first time in your life, if only for