Word: cool
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Exeter's hopes ballooned in the first period as they scored the first goal of the game on a penalty shot against the previously unscored-upon Yardlings. But Harvard's center forward Jim Vargas came back quickly with the first of his three goals to cool the Exonians enthusiasm...
...Godard's all-pervasive technique, which somehow transcends the indulgent egotism of some of his earlier films. Perhaps it's because style is so much of this one, and doesn't have to work against atmosphere or plot; perhaps it's because Godard's viewpoint is so consistently cool and noncommittal, and style doesn't have to create sympathy. At any rate, here style no longer seems a whim, or a self-consciously wielded tool, or a way of glorifying the director's role. Instead it fosters a sense of the film itself, as a medium. Scenes photographed with...
...Northern liberal lawyer in the cool 4:30 comfort of his Madison Avenue bar says, 'Why don't you stay there and fight?' Then that same lawyer will send his Southern business to a firm all of whose partners are racists, and, rationalize it by saying: 'We want a firm that will...
Jason Robards understands his author's intentions perfectly. During the scene when he refuses to confess to sorcery even under the threat of torture, Robards remains so cool and detached that the audience writhes in pain. His subtle transition from arrogance to pride constitutes one of the most masterful performances you may ever see on the stage...
...Spenser Blight is a 617-lb. night-clerk with galloping satyriasis. His wife Katy is a voluptuous nymphomaniac whose specialty is catering to men with sexual fetishes. Cool camp? Not really. Unrefrigerated tripe...