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Directed and Written by Jules Dassin...
...since stars of a certain age are thought to combine volatility and vulnerability in a colorful way, the opportunities for bravura effects are endless. The opportunities for tedious egocentricity are there too-so much so in the case of Melina Mercouri, in this vehicle that her husband, Jules Dassin, has created for her, that the movie has the suffocating air of a vanity production...
...best friend is his mother." In pre-Freudian times, that sentiment was a shibboleth; it even served as the title of a straight-faced song. But as the principle of a 1971 film? Surely Scenarist-Director Jules Dassin jests. Or does...
...hero, Assaf Dayan (Moshe's son) is called upon only to look virile, admittedly a difficult assignment given such smotherhood. As Mama, Melina Mercouri (Mrs. Dassin offscreen) has moments of solar intensity coupled with an absolute lack of vanity. When the script calls for her finally to be ill and old, she permits the makeup man to do his worst and appears pitiable indeed. In its own way, her vital, uninhibited performance is mere makeup, covering the scenario's merchandised nostalgia. There is, of course, the melancholy possibility that the Dassins wished to construct a burlesque. Sadder still...
...professor told me that marijuana would be better for me than tobacco, but I hate the taste." New York City: "Very phallic." America: "You are close to the real thing-democracy. But, ah -right now you are not in very good shape." Her five-year marriage to Moviemaker Jules Dassin: "I love Dassin the director. I love Dassin the writer. I love him for his blue eyes. Julie and I quarrel all the time. Quarreling-that's the best part of loving...