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The University of ___MASK41___ ( U of C , ___MASK41___ , or UChicago ) is a private research university in ___MASK41___ , Illinois . It is one of the world ' s leading and most influential institutions of higher learning , with top - ten positions in numerous rankings and measures . Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to , and differentiating between , masculinity and femininity . Depending on the context , these characteristics may include biological sex ( i . e . the state of being male , female or an intersex variation which may complicate sex assignment ), sex - based social structures ( including gender roles and other social roles ), or gender identity . Some cultures have specific gender roles that can be considered distinct from male and female , such as the hijra ( chhaka ) of ___MASK89___ and Pakistan . The European Graduate School ( EGS ) is a cross - disciplinary institution of higher education awarding Masters and Doctoral degrees within its two divisions : Arts , Health and Society ( AHS ), and Philosophy , Art and Critical Thought ( PACT ). Founded in ___MASK11___ , the School operates on two locations : Saas - Fee , ___MASK11___ , and Valletta , Malta . Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr . ( November 19 , 1904  August 29 , 1971 ) and Richard Albert Loeb ( June 11 , 1905  January 28 , 1936 ), usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb , were two wealthy students at the University of ___MASK41___ who in May 1924 kidnapped and murdered 14 - year - old Robert Franks in ___MASK41___ . They committed the murder  widely characterized at the time as " the crime of the century " as a demonstration of their perceived intellectual superiority , which , they thought , rendered them capable of carrying out a " perfect crime ", and absolved them of responsibility for their actions . Swoon is an independent film written and directed by Tom Kalin , released in 1992 . It is an account of the 1924 Leopold and Loeb murder case , focusing more on the homosexuality of the killers than other movies based on the case . It starred Daniel Schlachet as Loeb and Craig Chester as Leopold . Along with the films of Todd Haynes , Gregg Araki and others , Swoon is identified as part of the New Queer Cinema . Homosexuality is romantic attraction , sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender . As a sexual orientation , homosexuality is " an enduring pattern of emotional , romantic , and / or sexual attractions " to people of the same sex . It " also refers to a person ' s sense of identity based on those attractions , related behaviors , and membership in a community of others who share those attractions ." The studio system ( which was used during a period known as the Golden Age of ___MASK9___ ) is a method of film production and distribution dominated by a small number of " major " studios in ___MASK9___ . Although the term is still used today as a reference to the systems and output of the major studios , historically the term refers to the practice of large motion picture studios between the 1920s and 1960s of ( a ) producing movies primarily on their own filmmaking lots with creative personnel under often long - term contract , and ( b ) dominating exhibition through vertical integration , i . e ., the ownership or effective control of distributors and exhibition , guaranteeing additional sales of films through manipulative booking techniques such as block booking . An independent film or indie film is a feature film that is produced outside of the major film studio system , in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment agencies . Saas - Fee is the main village in the Saastal , or the Saas Valley , and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in ___MASK11___ . The villages in its neighborhood are Saas - Almagell , Saas - Grund and Saas - Balen . ___MASK41___ ( or ), officially the City of ___MASK41___ , is the third - most populous city in the United States , and the fifth - most populous city in North America . With over 2 . 7 million residents , it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States , and the county seat of Cook County . The ___MASK41___ metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland , has nearly 10 million people and is the third - largest in the U . S . Tom Kalin ( born 1962 ) is a screenwriter , film director , producer , and professor of experimental film at European Graduate School in Saas - Fee .