Word: approachement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...short, Oratorio for Prague, also deserves notice. It is a compositon which, like a fine piece of music, flows in and out while it covers its subject--the nature of the Czechoslovakian character at the approach of the August invasion. The film is narrated with the simplicity of a Hemingway story, everything cut down to the essential facts. But the effect is tremendous because the camera work is excellent and the background music is good, while the mixing of the three elements--narration, film, and music--is perfect...
...LIFTON'S approach, then, has a certain intuitive and empirical weight. But in seeking to pinpoint one key symbol and stretch it into a foundation for China's chaos, he strains his hypothesis. Lifton has an exceptional command of the data on the Cultural Revolution, and his scheme explains most of its history. But few of his observations (as he readily admits in the introduction) cannot be explained by political, sociological and economic theses. This would not argue against his approach if it were not for one thing: the tremendous difficulty of verifying generalizations about the psychological make...
Lifton's account of Mao would be far more powerful if it were not for the "psychological idiom" in which he couches it. Indeed throughout the book, one has an annoying sense that jargon is making the obvious complicated. This problem, of course, is endemic to the psychological approach to social science, and would not be too great a price to pay for a comprehensive account of the Cultural Revolution. If Lifton's is not comprehensive, it probably comes as close as any unitary scheme can. Until China opens up to the West, and maybe for a long time thereafter...
...Hard Day's Night Richard Lester usually succeeded in sucking us into the Beatles' lives, so we could laugh with them at the absurdities of the strange world they inhabited. The romping in Beach Party was so alien to anything approaching our own teen-age lives that we could sit back and laugh at the ludicrousness of it all. Director-cameraman Barry Feinstein of What You Eat tries the Lester approach--he wants to make us a part of the romp--and fails...
Allen's biggest contribution to the Rams' success is probably his nononsense approach to the game. Although he has never been known to criticize a player in front of teammates or to make a scene on the sidelines, Allen can be tough when he wants to. He slapped a $500 fine on one Ram player who showed up five minutes late for practice; any player who exceeds his prescribed weight at the regular Thursday weigh-in is automatically fined $100 per pound...