Word: contentively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enactment of the nation's first strong meat-inspection law, Nader is particularly critical of the meat-packing industry. He directed one of his strongest attacks at hamburgers and hot dogs, labeling them "shamburgers" and "fatfurters." The targets, singled out by President Nixon, were well chosen. The fat content of the ubiquitous wiener has risen from 18.6% to 31.2% in 30 years, while its protein content has dropped from 19.6% to 11.8%. Noting the possible relationship between high fat intake and heart disease, Nader branded the 15 billion hot dogs consumed annually in the country among "America...
Howard blithely offers to make Ella his weekend resort, but she is not content to be "a quick bash." Instead, she manages to find his home. At the doorway, all wide eyes and teary voice, she introduces herself to Mrs. Howard (Claire Bloom) as a poor, pregnant runaway stranded far from home. But 3 Into 2 Won't Go, as the title says, and the ménage à trois quickly proves insupportable. The truth is that even when it was a ménage à deux, the Howards were a loveless, childless couple. At the first signs...
...same time, however, the frames retain a three dimensional quality and a precise interaction of parts that has been the basis of all of Chabrol's work. Unlike Godard who uses short films merely for diversionary anecdotes, Cabrol has used this short film for a major statement on the content of is work...
...past. Social reality is likely to continue growing more complex and confusing. Films, to be faithful to these conditions, will have to use more sophisticated and suggestive forms if they're to communicate more in the same time. This means widespread experimentation with form even more than changes in content. Ability to understand the meanings carried in new forms will be necessary to understand such films...
...Curious is the latest in the succession of cruel teasers. Its redeeming social content is a mindless and disjoined commentary on the failures of the welfare state and the resolute conservatism of most people you happen to meet on the street. The level of social probing reminds me of the first stages of adolescent alienation in suburbia...