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Outside of politics, Baker's greatest passion is photography, a hobby that allows him to hone his skills as a detached observer even during an event like the presidential Inauguration. He is also fascinated by old cars; he owns a 1950 Packard, a 1951 Studebaker, a 1962 Ford convertible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Floor Is My Domain | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

Osius delivers the lines with fine pacing and emotions. He carries himself as befits a nobleman. We see his mental deliberations during transitions on the stage where he remains frozen. We see his character led away to death. But he just isn't the complete More. He has all the...

Author: By Rebeera J. Joseph, | Title: More Is Less | 4/22/1982 | See Source »

True, this movie is no documentary; director Costa-Gavras has abandoned the rough, detached, street observer approach of his earlier "Z" in favor of personalized portraits of his characters and highly-polished production Yet while the State Department has issued a formal statement condemning the premise behind the movie, no...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Lost But Not Found | 3/11/1982 | See Source »

Yet they retain a distinctive intensity, quiet and mannered, that goes with their aloof and somewhat ambiguous degree of abstraction. When Diebenkorn wants to set a curve flowing across the paper, its rhythm acquires a detached mellowness, a quality of reverie; this wandering of the hand is constantly checked and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Geometry Bathed in Light | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

Some people respond to the romance; I find it thin. Bryant snappily seduces Reed by telling him she'd like to see him with his pants off, and soon enough she's arguing with him about being treated like a wife. They're a couple before we know it, and...

Author: By --david B. Edelstein, | Title: Revolution As Aphrodisiac | 12/16/1981 | See Source »

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