Word: badly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Leone to star in a hokey little quickie to be shot in Spain. It was called A Fistful of Dollars, and the title proved prophetic: the picture was a smash. Leone and Eastwood collaborated again on For a Few Dollars More. Now they are back with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly-a title that might serve as the film's own capsule review...
...good lies in Leone's camera work-expertly combining color and composition, with sharp attention to the details of shape and texture that are available when shooting on location rather than on studio sets. Bad is the word for the wooden acting, and Leone's addiction to the cramped values and stretched probabilities of the comic strip. And ugly is his insatiable appetite for beatings, disembowelings and mutilations, complete with closeups of mashed-in faces and death-rattle sound effects...
This is probably not a wholly desirable situation, especially for hard-pressed teams like Harvard. It's not too bad when you're Columbia or Princeton and play only one or two key games during the season. But when you're one of Floyd Wilson's boys, every game is a challenge...
Unfortunately, Harvard is not at full strength for the games. Jump-shooting forward Barth Royer, plagued earlier by a bad knee, now is suffering from mononucleosis and will not play. Royer said last night he may be able to play again by the last week of the season...
...bad enough that students are being drafted to fight in Vietnam, but it is even more deplorable that students who may be less than six months away from bivouac are not allowed to know whether or not they will be conscripted. Johnson has proven that he can keep his secret, even as hundreds of reporters and university officials try to wring it out of him. The time has come for a decision...