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Miguelin, as any aficionado knows, is a gimmicky bullfighter. His moves in the ring all attempt to place the bull in a situation where Miguelin can execute one of his two favorite tricks, that of patting the bull on the head and that of executing passes at close range while seated on the ring barrier. This kind of stereotyped strategy may please a sensation-seeking crowd, but it is not the art that bullfighting can be. The old-style matador, by contrast, constantly innovated to suit the particular bull he was fighting...
...ritual hollow and which allows such men as Miguelia into the bullring only to meet their tragic end. The candor and the earnestness which the director brings to the film perfectly counter-points his basic message. The elemental power which he achieves will very likely make you an aficionado of Francesco Rosi, if not of bullfighting itself...
...STANDARD SONNY ROLLINS (RCA Victor). These are virtuoso saxophone interpretations of supple old standards like I'll Be Seeing You, Love Letters, Trav'lin' Light. The unique phrasing that is Sonny's signature can catch even the aficionado up short, and the tone of the record is witty and ingenious. For contrast, there are a few calmly contemplative moments, notably Night...
Some call it "Dial-a-Date." In Dallas, they call it "The Grapevine." "It just might be the greatest social game since kissing. It sure leads to that, anyway," says one graduate aficionado...
Belmonte perfected his harrowing verónicas and pases naturales to give bullfighting its modern style-the hands held low, elbows close to the ribs, the body unmoving and erect. His was "a sinister delicacy of movement," explained Aficionado Hemingway, "a beautiful, unhealthy mystery," in which the crowd's emocón grew fiery at the sight of his "evident physical inferiority, not only to the bull but to those working with him and to most who were watching...