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...Stones become part of history and Springsteen becomes reminiscent of our high school years, groups like Steely Dan and Electric Light Orchestra have attempted to inject some creativity into rock style. In the process, ELO turned into bubble-gum celluloid some time ago, and Steely Dan drifted into the realm of jazz (or rock-jazz, as some like...
...BENEATH ALL the technical and musical refinement of this album, the beauty of Street Hassle--the element in its composition that distinguishes it from the rest of the celluloid--is its honesty. It was honesty that articulated the rage, frustration and exultation of the generation that turned on to rock'n'roll in the '50s and '60s, and now there are some artists who are being honest about the '70s. Unlike the now naive (in fact, senile) voices of the Rock Establishment--including Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger and Paul McCartney--Street Hassle is sung right from the street, with...
ONLY THOSE PEOPLE who have never heard of or listened to these two British comedy acts can hope to derive any kind of enjoyment from Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe. For the rest of us, sitting through this 90-minute waste of celluloid is akin to viewing a series of old Johnny Carson monologues strung together; you know exactly what's coming, and the pleasure lies exclusively in the anticipation, not in the misbegotten result. However, in all fairness to the individuals responsible for this film, they certainly knew what they were doing. Towards the end of Monty Python...
Holywood, which has served for over half a century as America's national fantasy factory, has long been involved in promoting the Christmas myth. From Miracle on 34th Street to Mr. Magoo's Christmas Special, the film industry has churned out dozens of reels of celluloid purveying the Christmas message. Occasionally a heretic has arisen to challenge such Christmas-mongering, as when Chico Marx courageously asserted in A Night at the Opera, "You no can fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause." But alas, such prophets have not been honored in their own country, and it is a sure...
...quite appropriate to the special demands of cinema. With considerable assistance from the shining performances of Richard Burton--his finest in recent memory--and the promising Peter Firth, Lumet has successfully carried out the delicate operation of transforming Shaffer's impressionistic play into a full-length strip of celluloid...