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...Jade Emperor appeals for help to the Buddha, who sends 18 demons to put an end to all the monkeyshines. The Monkey King (Li Yuanchun) meets them all and, in pantomime scenes worthy of Chaplin and Keaton, sends them tumbling. He takes one demon's weapon and twirls it on one finger, like a gyroscope; he grabs another one and flicks it away with his heel. No one in heaven or earth can touch this hilarious spirit of riot and disorder, and peace comes only when he finds his way home to the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Equally funny...
...years, starting in 1963, Tynan served as literary manager of Britain's National Theater under Director Laurence Olivier. He "devised" the 1969 Oh! Calcutta!, a series of skits devoted to simulated sex and unsimulated nudity. Having written about topics from bullfighting to ballet and from Charlie Chaplin to Truman Capote, he recently published Show People, which profiled several personalities (among them: Ralph Richardson, Johnny Carson) whom he would invite to "an ideal dinner party...
...Chong's Next Movie, cleverly repeated again and again, is that dope is no more inherently funny than alcohol. There is no more substance to it, no mysterious properties that make those under its influence irresistibly hilarious. It seems likely that great comedians could do great dope routines--Charlie Chaplin Visits Jamaica--but it is not fantastically funny simply to light up a joint. If you have always enjoyed American screen humorists, however, go see this; it rivals anything Abbott and Costello ever...
Mikhalkov, who recently returned to the U.S.S.R. from a trip to the U.S., sees similarities between the best films of both countries. Says he: "It seems to me that the time has come to return to a type of romanticism-to Chaplin, to films that give people some hope-Breaking Away, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Nashville, Paper Moon." But as a Soviet film maker, is he not asked to make cuts in his movies to satisfy the cultural bureaucrats? Mikhalkov shrugs his shoulders. "Of course, that's only natural," he replies. "Whoever pays can call...
...narrow, mirror-backed bridge span of a stage high above the stage proper. Only the legs and feet of the dancers (Niki Harris and Albert Stephenson) are visible. By their styles and their shoes, ye shall know them. Some feet! Fred and Ginger, naturally, as well as Garland, Chaplin, Dietrich and, believe it, Mickey and Minnie...