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1. Eyes Wide Shut
   August 31st 1998: Almost two years after it started shooting in October 1996, Warner Bros.' "Eyes Wide Shut" is lumbering toward a release date. There was speculation that the Stanley Kubrick picture, starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, might come out as early as first quarter 1999, but that apparently will not be the case. Instead, Warners is anticipating a summer release. Still, that remains tentative. Sources said Warners won't make a firm decision until Kubrick locks in a cut - and the distinguished director is notorious for taking his time until he gets a film just right. Warner Bros.
2. Stanley Kubrick -- Eyes Wide Shut
   The just-released DVD of Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” is the uncensored European version, without all the blurring in the orgy scene. The disc says viewers can pick between versions, but it just plays the pure European version. In widescreen HD DVD, the movie is handsome but not a stunner.
3. Eyes Wide Shut -- Stanley Kubricks
   Technically, like all other Kubrick movies, Eyes Wide Shut is a masterpiece. Each set is opulent, full of art and decoration, showing the world of the filthy rich in New York. The lights in many of the rooms seem to give the entire movie a surreal feeling, as if you are watching a dream. The acting is ... superb. Kidman, who deserves more recognition than she usually gets, does a marvelous job as Alice Harford. Sydney Pollack also does well.
4. The War of the Worlds
   Director Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, starring Tom Cruise, has earned $101.7 million domestically in its first five days from 3,908 theaters for Paramount Pictures. The $132 million-budgeted sci-fi thriller, which opened Wednesday, earned an estimated $66 million from 3,908 theaters over the Friday-to-Sunday frame, marking the second-best Fourth of July opening, trailing only Spider-Man 2 ($88.2 million).
5. War Propaganda -- World War
   Despite the manifestation of technological breakthroughs during the beginning of the First World War, governments had few mass media options that could be used for their propaganda campaigns. Radio had yet to become a popular household item, and the purchase cost of newspapers limited its potential audience. Ultimately, the poster--an artistic-based mass media format that contained visual images with accompanying text--remained a viable option for government-based propaganda campaigns. Posters were inexpensive and did not require intricate technology to be created and produced in mass quantities. They were ... easy to display, and could be placed in public areas to maximize their potential audience. Perhaps most importantly, the poster's combination of pictures and text provided a fertile breeding ground for propaganda ideas.
6. War in Literature -- World War
   The Spanish Civil War (1936-39) has generated a vast bibliography and filmography that reflects widely antagonistic interpretations. The ideals and passions of this war have not subsided, and indeed have been recreated and relived time and again in art and literature. On a world level it was the first clear clash between democracy and totalitarianism. From the Spanish perspective, it remains the most important single event in understanding modern Spain. The course will begin with a historical introduction to the origins, development, and outcome of the war, then concentrate on the poetic and personal accounts of mostly Spanish authors, as reflected in poetry, short fiction, novels, and films. Readings by Ayala, Sender, Aub, Andujar, Goytisolo, Matute, Neruda, Alberti, Machado, and others.
7. World War 1 -- Great War
   World War One aircraft were sometimes referred to as "flying coffins" for the very simple meaning that these early warbirds often were the death of every young pilot, sometimes to as little as a few weeks of flight time. Another attribute of these early flying machines was that they were constructed out of plywood with stretched fabric skin, often taking the shape of boxy wooden coffin-like appearances. The construction was... beneficial in most designs as the fuselage of these planes could often withstand a great deal of punishment and still get their pilots home safely. Often times however, even the best would succumb to the designs that were to be so evolutionary decades from removed from the war. It should be noted that aircraft (as combat platforms) were generally in their infancy during the First World War, which is why one might see so many production aircraft on a list such as this spanning just a few years. As technology progressed and aircraft engineers found new workarounds for new problems, the few-month-old models that were the king of the skies quickly gave way to newer models, giving the average life span of many fighters only about a few months of frontline service.
8. World War I -- World War Ii
   In the months leading up to American entry into World War II, the Knights became the first national organization to conduct blood drives, an activity the K of C continued throughout the war. Additionally, many local KofC councils opened their doors to servicemen and Manila Council 1000 ran a center modeled on the Army Hut program in the Philippines before and after the Japanese occupation. The Knights ... were an integral part of the United Service Organization, and Supreme Knight Francis Matthews served as the Catholic representative to the USO.
9. Second World War -- World War Ii
   After World War II, Europe was partitioned into Western and Soviet spheres of influence, the former undergoing economic reconstruction under the Marshall Plan and the latter becoming satellite states of the Soviet Union. This partition was... informal; rather than coming to terms about the spheres of influence, the relationship between the victors steadily deteriorated, and the military lines of demarcation finally became the de facto country boundaries. Western Europe largely aligned as NATO, and Eastern Europe largely as the Warsaw pact countries, alliances which were fundamental to the ensuing Cold War. In Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan led to Japan's democratization. China's civil war continued through and after the war, resulting eventually in the establishment of the People's Republic of China. There was a fundamental shift in power from Western Europe to the new superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with significant boundary changes and displacement of people as the Soviet Union's borders shifted westwards.
10. Minsk -- World War
    In the early years of the 20th century, Minsk was a major centre for the worker's movement in Belarus. The 1st Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party, the forerunner to the Bolshevik and eventually the CPSU, was held there in 1898. It was ... one of the major centres of the Belarusian national revival, alongside Vilnia. However, the First World War affected the development of Minsk tremendously. By 1915, Minsk was a battle-front city. Some factories were closed down, and residents began evacuating to the east.

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