Word: czechoslovakias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition to scenes from the operas such as The Magic Flute and Abduction from the Sevaglio--reproduced in pain-staking detail in Czechoslovakia -- soundtracks of Mozart's many shorter works play throughout the film. Greater emphasis falls--upon the forces that shaped Mozart's work: the adoring but somewhat insipid "Stanzie," who can't understand why her husband has no pupils; the domineering and disapproving father Leopold, whose death would prove the terrifying inspiration for Don Giovanni, and Mozart himself, whose violent genius was not tempered by even a hint of modesty or pragmatism...
...Forman, returning to his native Czechoslovakia for his first film there since 1968, Amadeus marks a sure step forward in dramatic and visual storytelling. Defeated by his two previous challenges-turning the Love Generation Hair into a Viet Nam elegy and compressing the epic misanthropy of E.L. Doctorow's novel Ragtime-the director has come to some sensitive compromises with narrative reality. Mozart sings the music of God, Salieri schemes and screams in tragic register, and the film keeps humming merrily along with them both...
...Ceauşescu has a history of quietly differing with Moscow on foreign policy issues. He has maintained cordial ties with Peking, kept an embassy in Israel after Moscow broke relations with that country in 1967, and refused to let his troops join in the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The decision to send a team to Los Angeles had direct political benefits for Ceauşescu. Government broadcasters boasted that victorious Rumanians had "dedicated" their victories to their President, or were inspired by this month's 40th anniversary of Rumania's liberation from fascism. Moreover, with...
...such modesty did not stop her from starring in a new rock video for the Cars, premiering this week on MTV. Despite making waves on the cover of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S bathing suit issue last February, the 120-lb., 5-ft. 10-in. native of Czechoslovakia confides that she was nervous auditioning for the part in the video, which is directed by Actor Timothy Hutton. Porizkova has no ambitions for an acting career, however. "I hate it," she says flatly. "It was great working with everybody, but I don't like the pressure. It's too much...
...Norwegians, however, appeared to walk away with their morale boosted, as they were not even scheduled to play in the Olympic tournament after failing to qualify last fall. But when Czechoslovakia and East Germany joined the Soviet boycott of the Games the Norwegians were invited to represent their division...