Word: debroca
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...Hearts. Except for the possible exception of a moviehouse in Minnesota or somewhere that has been screening Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude for the past five years straight, the Central Square Cinema probably holds the modern record for a consecutive run of one film and this Phillip deBroca farce is it. About a World War One soldier who liberates the patients in a country nursing home and joins them in a jolly romp around about the streets of a small town, it is the perfect parable of Cambridge life. Free and freaky--but within bounds, harmless and unsubversive...
...suppose we should be thankful that the Central Square Cinema has finally decided to can its perennial offering, The King of Hearts. This sappy DeBroca film is not bad in its own sphere, but about as far from being a cinematic masterpiece as is The Way We Were. True to form, however, the theater has replaced King of Hearts with that other sentimental favorite, Harold and Maude. But hopefully, we won't have to endure a five year run of that...
Boston Film Festival. A very respectable series, including too many films to list here. The highlight is perhaps Louis Malle's Lacombe, Lucien, a new film about French collaboration during World War II. But also Attica, a Laughton film, a DeBroca film, Max von Sydow as Steppenwolf, a Boorman film, Monty Python, and the new Bunuel. Call the Orson Welles for the schedule...
CENTRAL I. King of Hearts (DeBroca) 6:30, 9:45, wknd mat, 3:10. Devil by the Tail, 8:15, wknd...