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...woman I have been looking for. I have found her. She writes poetry, she drives a car, she smokes cigars!" The enraptured young man speaking is the son of a rich Italian landowner, played by Robert (Godfather H) De Niro, in Bernardo Bertolucci's film 1900. The object of his love is a free-spirited flapper named Ada, played by a free-spirited actress named Dominique Sanda. Sanda, 23, is irresistible to most of Europe's leading film makers: in 1970 Bertolucci gave her a starring role in The Conformist and later conceived Last Tango in Paris with...
...savage yet romantic tale about what befalls a boy and girl, suddenly homeless and penniless, in a terrifyingly real and at the same time satisfyingly imaginary industrial city in 19th century Britain. This smoke-filled place is appropriately called Blastburn. Among other chores for survival, the girl collects cigar butts from gutters to salvage the tobacco for resale, while the boy stays alive scrounging for junk in sewers. A happy ending eventually sets in but not before the forces of meanness and darkness, not to say evil, seem overwhelming, and the author proves once again that she writes about children...
...occasion-Andre's Carnegie Hall solo debut and his first New York appearance since his recent rise to prominence via records. On this occasion, Andre played a silver-plated trumpet only 13 in. long (the standard trumpet is 21 in.). At first glance, it looked like a trick cigar lighter. Actually, it is a modern trumpet specially designed for the Baroque repertory. It has four valves -the regular three for melody, plus one valve that when held down changes the horn's pitch from B-flat...
...head for the Ferrari garage. Niki Lauda, their No. 2 driver, walks in and takes a Coke from the work-bench while fishing a long, black cigar from his pocket. With his jutting teeth and bulging fish-eyes, this pale, slightly stooped man appears to have been in his share of crashes. He is talking in a soft, imploring voice with his chief mechanic. Rumor has it Ferrari will sack him after this race, the season's finale. Though he has won two Grand Prix this year, he has also crashed twice while leading. As they converse, two sleek...
...with a cartoon face and cartoon mannerisms: He chews on a dark cigar while conversing, leans back and beams at it. His conversation is peppered with visual terms; he refers frequently to getting a "fix" or a "take" on a subject or a person...