Word: agee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believe that people can improve their society and that they can enhance their environment. What I submit is not a lofty doctrine of Utopian ideals; instead, it is a confidence, in self and in humanity, that defeats the forces of apathy, insolence, and disgust which have invaded our age...
ALTHOUGH the mystery becomes ultimately unsatisfying, it is not the important part of this charming film; the romance between Lise and Antoine takes over, leaving the viewer happy in the knowledge that there is love in middle age. Noiret, a bearish, bemused-looking type, brings a wonderful sense of middle-aged bewilderment with the trappings of everyday life that complements his intelligence and humor. His winning portrayal of an academic bachelor suddenly rekindling his interest in the outside world charms the audience and negates the possible adverse appeal of his tubby, if otherwise endearing, figure...
...ways to defy who ever crossed his path. Unlike many of his friends, Carlin went to a "progressive Catholic school" and was spared such stimuli as corporal punishment and uniforms. He looks back on his "class clown" days and sees ironies that were never apparant to him at that age...
With his stark, honest irony, Carlin has shown countless audiences how silly and obsolete America's taboos and social inventions really are, especially in the age of the city. "Cultures have to have some things they consider unthinkable, and in ancient times, health or survival reasons entered into this," he says. But it would be really nice to channel some of the things going on today that are really unspeakable--like severe deprivation--and make them the focus of our attention...
...intentions of decaying, of joining the Show Biz Kids in Hollywood by the swimming pool and the shapely bods. The wiry Irish class clown and streetcorner toker from White Harlem still enjoys visiting his mother in the old neighborhood, and seems to gain perspective on his life as he ages. Soon his funny beard will turn gray--and age and eternity aside, it is painful to imagine that George Carlin will become a prisoner of his own words...