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...work make one fairly indifferent to something as arbitrary as grade--but of talking over the thesis and the comments to try to understand the disparity which I felt, and still feel, exist between the two. I was told that readers have the right to remain anonymous, and Professor Bullitt, Head Tutor of the Department, explained the reasons behind the policy...
...understood Professor Bullitt, he has a responsibility to assign at least two readers to every thesis. Because the last few years have seen an increase in theses dealing with topics after 1800, while the majority of the faculty of the English Department specialize in topics before 1800, it has become necessary to assign theses to faculty unfamiliar with the topic discussed. A number of faculty refused to grade and comment on these theses unless they could remain anonymous, Professor Bullitt wants to get the theses read, so he must comply with those who demand anonymity...
...picture Paramount had in mind. The company wanted a quickie exploiting the book's success, shot in modern dress in St. Louis on a relatively low budget of $2.5 million. To direct it, Paramount Production Chief Robert Evans approached Peter Yates, who had established his thriller credentials with Bullitt; Richard Brooks, who shot In Cold Blood; and even Greek Director Costa Gavras, the man who made Z. When, for various reasons, none of these choices worked out, Evans went for a dark horse: Francis Ford Coppola, who was only...
...Mafia leaders not only generate their own mystique but share in it. They have a good time, as Gay Talese reports, yukking it up over TV reruns of The Untouchables. They give high marks for verisimilitude and general elan to films like Bullitt, in which they admire Steve McQueen's resilient cool. Authors Puzo and Talese are esteemed for their portraits of Mafiosi as "men of respect" (although Mafiosi feel that Talese, especially, was taken in by his sources). The alltime Mafia favorite, however, is the movie The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Basil Rathbone, who plays the villainous...
Midway through it all there is a race between an automobile and an elevated train that is sharply reminiscent of the careering car chase in Bullitt. Philip D'Antoni produced both movies, and it is obvious from the similarities in pacing and incident that he also took a hand in their direction. If he was imitating his first success with The French Connection, he has also improved upon...