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A New Female Buddy Picture Veers Off the Road

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Boys on the Side," a new movie about the friendship among outlaw women in the vein of "Thelma and Louise."

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Other segments from the episode on February 3, 1995

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 3, 1995: Interview with Ira Rutkow; Review of Kenneth Iserson; Review of the film "Boys on the Side."
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Dr. Ira Rutkow on the History of Surgery

Rutkow is a surgeon and the author of the book, "Surgery: An Illustrated History." The book has 386 illustrations related to surgery, including documents, photographs, cartoons, drawings and paintings taken from museums throughout the world. Rutkow is consulting editor for surgical history for the Archives of Surgery, founder and surgical director of The Hernia Center in Freehold, N.J., and clinical associate professor of surgery at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. (Rebroadcast)

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How the Dead Can Give the Gift of Life

Physician and author Kenneth Iserson wanted to promote organ and tissue donation, so he wrote a book about what happens to dead bodies. It's called "Death to Dust." He believes that death is the pornography of our culture, because after-death activities are shrouded in secrecy. His book explores the mundane -- burial choices and advance directives -- and the arcane -- head shrinking, cannibalism and cryonic preservation. (Rebroadcast)

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Stephen Schiff Discusses His Latest Adventures in Hollywood.

Screenwriter Stephen Schiff talks about writing the scripts for "True Crime" and "Deep End of the Ocean."He first established his reputation as a film critic for Vanity Fair and Fresh Air. He also wrote film essays and profiles for The New Yorker. He served an unprecedented three terms as chairman of the National Society of Film Critics. His first screenplay was for the most recent film adaptation of Lolita.

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Stephen Schiff on How "Lolita" Explores the "Beastly and the Beautiful"

Fresh Air's former film critic returns to discuss writing the screenplay for the controversial film adaptation of Nabokov's "Lolita." The $58 million film inspired such controversy that distribution in the U.S. was delayed. "Lolita," directed by Adrian Lyne (Flashdance, 9 1/2 Weeks) will premiere on the Showtime cable channel August 2nd. It's just been announced that the film will be released in movie houses in September. Schiff's screenplay, "Lolita: The Book of the Film" (Applause books), will be published next month.

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