Word: brilliante
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early years of Christianity, under the unifying, cosmopolitan empire, many of the Popes were Greeks, Syrians and North Africans. The first French Pope, Sylvester II (999-1003), had difficulty coexisting with the powerful Roman families. One of the most brilliant and scholarly men ever to occupy the papal throne, Sylvester was so learned that he was suspected of being a sorcerer; in fact, he is thought to have been the model for Dr. Faustus...
...returned to France as virtually sole programmer of his country's musical future. Says Composer Karl Heinz Stockhausen: "IRCAM is the only place in the world where there is free enterprise for the development of new music. Pierre Boulez is the most lucid and brilliant of directors...
...small church as the playhouse, and he paces the scenes well. He even suggests the teeming decay endemic to The Threepenny Opera in the opening scene. But failures of casting and characterization quickly break the spell. Brecht's script speaks directly enough, and Weill's music is brilliant enough, so that even a mediocre performance like Caravan's is worth seeing, especially if you've never seen the show before. But The Threepenny Opera ought to more than entertain; if the director, actors and musicians conspire aright, it can give you a whiff of death...
...mind (or even welcome) a light, superficial portrait of Allen that amuses if not informs, go see it. Besides, the six short comic films that accompany the half-hour-long portrait of Allen are quite good, ranging from the couple-of-chuckles Betty Boop cartoon to the brilliant parodies of Bergman and Star Wars...
Nothing should prevent a group that can produce brilliant music like this from making it. If anything does stop Blondie, it will be rotten lyrics. "Just Go Away" sets some great music to the following words...