Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...locked cabinet, and the keeper of the key was old Father Sukarno, 66, who was still mad enough about being deposed that he refused to hand it over. President Suharto even sent a delegation out to the Bung's "retirement" villa at Bogor to appeal to his patriotic sentiments. Nothing doing, said Sukarno: "This is my flag. My wife made it"-as indeed his first wife had. Nothing daunted, Suharto sent soldiers to break open the cabinet and bring him the flag...
...appeal of Germi's storytelling, as in his earlier Divorce-Italian Style, comes about largely through his impeccable feeling for pace. Birds spins out its simple material for nearly two hours, but every breath and heartbeat seems to occupy exactly the right amount of time. And Virna Lisi, whose surface adornments Hollywood's cameras have already thoroughly explored, emerges under Germi's unhurried guidance as an actress of depth as well...
...Lost Weekend, a successful first novel about a problem drinker. He has been a problem novelist ever since. The Fall of Valor (1946) was about a homosexual, The Outer Edges (1948) about paranoiacs. This one is about a nymphomaniac, which ought to give it a somewhat more eclectic appeal than the previous two. Trouble is, A Second-Hand Life is more a case history than a novel. Winifred Grainger can't take her mind off sex or, specifically, the male sex organ. But all she does is talk about it to Harry Harrison, her confidant and lifelong friend...
Shanker thinks that Theodore W. Kheel, the New York lawyer who helped settle other teachers' contract disputes, is the man for the job. He said, however, that his union would meet with the panel and would not directly appeal to Lindsay to change its make...
...sheer technical bravado almost saves the movie. But ultimately, Privilege is less a picture than a frame. One problem is that Jones, who is a real-life rock-'n'-roll performer but certainly no actor, offers no clue to the charismatic character who could exert such fatal appeal. And Jean Shrimpton, Britain's most celebrated model in the pre-Twiggy days, merely matches him mumble for mumble...