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Flat Soufflé. Suddenly, all of Britain found the lights going out. Midlands auto factories began massive layoffs; the textile industry reported itself in "chaotic" shape. Londoners had to cope with horrendous traffic jams as traffic and street lights went blank. Children were sent home from heatless schools. Housewives faced piles of unwashed diapers, watched their soufflés sink, and could take no refuge in their powerless television sets. The blackouts were rotated by districts in six three-hour periods a day that always seemed to coincide with mealtimes. In some rural areas, chilly Britons hoisted shovels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: When the Lights Went Out | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

...rapist. The writer's motives become muddled--he attempts to kill Alex and discredit the L.T. in one move, and botches the job. In Kubrick, the writer is so caricatured that his motives are individually ridiculous anyway. In the final ten minutes of the film, thematic development becomes utterly chaotic, with none of the possibilities for resolution made clear...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Stanley's No Sweetheart Any More | 2/22/1972 | See Source »

...Fosse's direction is as chaotic as it was in his previous Sweet Char ity, a desperate scramble after a style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Liza: Ja--the Film: Nein | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

...played so that it wouldn't distort. The volume, or level, is checked by playing the record on a sound system separate from the one that is doing the broadcasting. Unfortunately I could hear both systems at the same time and things became very confusing--at times they were chaotic...

Author: By Louise A. Reid, | Title: The WHRB Orgy: A 12-Hour Marathon | 2/12/1972 | See Source »

...Without Marx or Jesus, a Succes de scandale in France and a best seller stateside, Jean-Francois Revel proposes that America owns an exclusive option on the Age of Aquarius. But his flaccid prose, chaotic presentation, and unsupported generalizations fail to convince me. After rejecting the idea of America as a fascist and imperialist state, he ends up creating an equally far-fetched image. He tries to prove that the United States possess all the necessary preconditions for the world revolution: an obsession with modernity, unrestricted access to information, and an army of radical crusaders. Along the way he solemnly...

Author: By Alan Heppel, | Title: Revolution and Other Fantasies | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

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