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...wonder the Egyptians turned out en masse for Nixon: Sadat told them Santa Claus was coming...
Oedipus into Santa Claus-yet the fact was that Dadd, far from becoming one of those psychotic artists whose scribbles are only, or mainly, of interest to analysts, painted many of his best works in the asylum. He labored in a solitude, a vacuum of response, which might have crushed another artist. But it may be that Dadd's enforced seclusion helped sharpen the obsessive quality of his inner vision. Behind bars, time and detail never end. The evidence is up in London's Tate Gallery this summer through August: poor Dadd's first one-man show...
Heady Stuff. There is plenty to root for these days in Philadelphia, long the city of brotherly losers, where over the years sports fans have become so frustrated that they once booed Santa Claus when he turned up at a football game. Not only did the Flyers triumph, but the Phillies-the Phillies?-are leading the Eastern Division of the National League. Heady stuff, and emblematic of the fact that things are looking up in Philadelphia, that citadel of conservatism, the faded dowager of the East Coast, the yawn between New York City and Washington, the well-kicked butt...
Fuqua has said that some of his best tips have come from the least likely sources. He never refuses to talk to strangers who visit his office or telephone him, explaining, "You never know when Santa Claus might be on the other end of the line...
...Whore has the energy and quick, almost surreptitious illumination of the best improvised work. The low-contrast black and white photography gives the film a cool, as tringent look that cuts nicely against the gathering force of the script. Jean Eustache, who is 35 and whose previous work (Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes) has been shown in the U.S. only at a few museums, planned every move and wrote every word of the 3½-hour assault. The length, which hurts only occasionally, is a part not only of the design of the film but its final impact. The real...