Word: classics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...unfolded the primary metaphors of dreams; In the Night Kitchen (1970) fused Walt Disney, Laurel and Hardy, the comic strips of Winsor McCay and the reassuring images of bread and bed; Outside Over There (1981), the story of an airborne young heroine, had the enchanting quality of classical ballet. After that, Sendak's interests turned to the stage, and he designed the sets and costumes for Leos Janacek's opera The Cunning Little Vixen, as well as operatic adaptations of his own works. It is the theater that informs Sendak's illustrations for E.T.A. Hoffmann...
...Cambridge City Council in its regular meeting this week expressed sympathy for the tenants and it looks like another classic town gown battle is shaping up as councilors will probably consider rezoning laws in an effort to halt the sales...
...must be remembered that when the film opened in 1968, man had yet to walk in space, put laboratories and reusable space vehicles into orbit or even land on some of our neighboring planets. New cinema to graphic techniques and plot design helped to make that film a true classic...
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of 2010. Peter Hyams attempt to receive the old classic and explore some of the unanswered questions at the end of the original simply does not stand up. The new film is all too similar to so many of today's films, with an easily digestible plot and cardboard cutout instead of real characters. All the mystery of 2001 is completely lacking in this film...
...himself the greatest vocalist in the business," remarked the bandleader Harry James, alternately amused and astonished by the young singer he hired in 1939. The crooner turned out to be a shrewd self-appraiser, and what he said about himself 45 years ago still stands. In Sinatra: An American Classic (Random House; 251 pages; $29.95), Music Critic John Rockwell deftly analyzes the Chairman of the Board's technical proficiencies, and his examination of Sinatra recordings of One for My Baby is a nice combination of a scholar's observations and a fan's notes. The deluxe photo...