Word: casanovas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poems at a gala Italian program in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Russian Revolution-Yevtushenko also went to the theater with an Italian heiress, jogged in the Villa Borghese and told a reporter how deeply he had been affected by Federico Fellini's most recent movie, Casanova. "I am a woman chaser," said the poet, 44, "and Fellini made me understand how hateful it is to touch a woman you don't love. From the moment I saw that film, it was as though I had been sick. I couldn't sleep with a girl...
...Erotic Adventures of Casanova was the feature attraction at three southern California moviehouses on Aug. 22, according to the Los Angeles Times (circ. 1,021,000), while Jail Bait was at eight more local theaters. The next day those cinematic classics were still packing them in, but without benefit of the Times. The paper had become the latest and largest U.S. daily to close its pages to display advertising for pornographic films...
...half -was governed by foreigners. In the International Settlement and the neighboring French Concession, Europeans and Americans watched jai alai on the Avenue du Roi Albert, gambled on greyhounds at the Canidrome, and enjoyed the most glittering night life in the world at such places as the Ambassador, the Casanova and the Venus Café. Shanghai was a city for sale. Almost anything-and almost anyone-could be bought for the right price...
...Casanova. At the Beacon Hill, all weekend...
Fellini has kept the color-indeed, heightened it-but drained away the life. He seems to have fastened on the legend only to repudiate it. Seen through his hostile lens, Casanova is a chilly fop whose salon manner is alternately tongue-tied and bombastic. How such a creature manages to charm so many women into the bedroom remains a mystery. Nor, once he gets them there, is it easy to see how they can derive much fun from the groaning calisthenics he puts them through. This is a film that earns its R rating not by making sin enticing...