Word: chases
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Mary Ellen Chase, 86, best-selling novelist (Windswept, Mary Peters, Silas Crockett) who wrote largely about the Maine seacoast where she lived as a child; in Northampton, Mass. A professor of English at Smith College for 29 years, she also taught and wrote about the Bible...
...this count, Chase's feature is worth the price of admission. It is not aesthetic. It is even clumsy. The soundtrack and the visuals are poorly matched. The IRA anthems and ballads occur with no regard for the picture on the screen, so that both lyrics and images suffer from thoughtless juxtaposition. There is considerable unnecessary footage--87 minutes could well have been reduced...
...Chase has made a statement, and a strong one. No-Go is intense, unpretentious, and whatever your politics, far-reaching...
Because it focuses on perspectives as much as on facts, it documents without escaping into documental neutrality. In this respect, Chase and film makers like him, may have more to offer than even the great Ophuls or the clever Godard...
...diehard James Bond freak-and even then you'll probably be disappointed. Roger Moore is too weak to pull off the 007 role, and the movie survives by showing off its stunts. Lots of busted up cars, villians with arms shaped like lobster claws, and absurd amphibious chase scenes. Music Hall...