Word: contentedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their content, these films are conceived as instruments of struggle against the bourgeoisie and revisionism, against imperialism and social imperialism, with the theoretical help of marxist-leninism and the thought of mao. But there is also at stake something new, something previously unheard of in cinema, and in this new content, we cannot be satisfied with a worn-out form. These films also struggle, ideologically, against the passivity of the spectator, as Brecht struggled in his time: because this passivity is not an aesthetic necessity as some people would have us believe (a spectator is always a spectator...
...difficulty in all this, I think, is that Godard is a militant filmmaker before he is a militant, and I'm afraid that much of his theory is more personal rationalization than revolutionary program. His critique of conventional political cinema is certainly well-taken, as is his contention that all film form has implicit political content. But that is a symptom, not a cause. The way to attack the problem is not to make isolated films that happen to be ideologically justified and then go unseen...
...city's population to 4,000,000 (it is now approaching 3,000,000). He calls for the building of a rapid-transit rail system, free public transportation for people over 65, and the appointment of a city ombudsman to help cut bureaucratic red tape. Yorty is content with merely echoing that Los Angeles is the greatest, and that he is the man to keep it going and growing the way it has been. As an aide says: "There is a kind of comfort with Sam Yorty." But pre-primary polls showed that this year...
...homes for decades. Moreover, since the Western coal contains little sulfur or sodium, it will produce relatively little air pollution when it is burned. This is especially important in cities with strict air-quality laws at a time when other clean fuels (natural gas and oil with low sulfur content) are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. Best of all, the thick coal seams are close to the land's surface and can be easily reached by ponderous machines that peel back the prairie and gouge out the underlying coal...
...unanimous decision, the Commission stated that it is "not authorized to investigate or rule upon the content of courses or publications" of Faculty members...