Word: directors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ZORBA. Producer-Director Hal Prince has turned out a non-Jewish version of Fiddler on the Roof. But this time Herschel Bernardi merely inhabits the hero's role rather than being possessed by it, and Maria Karnilova never quite provides the mixture of girlish coquetry and faded carnality that the role of Bouboulina requires. The music sounds as if it is being piped in by Muzak, the lyrics are insipid, the dances are any old folk...
...finest performance of his career, Lee J. Cobb plays an almost unplayable role with consummate skill, infusing his portrayal of Shakespeare's king with an all-involving humanity. Cobb's Lear lacks something of the necessary majesty but is totally convincing in the sad scenes of madness. Director Gerald Freedman elicits beautifully modulated acting from the Lincoln Center Repertory Company. Philip Bosco as Kent stands out in a supporting cast that truly supports...
PRETTY POISON is a little comedy of murders full of some nice surprises: notably excellent performances by Tony Perkins and Tuesday Weld and some hard-edged satire on the current climate of violence by young Director Noel Black (31) and Co-Producer Marshal Backlar...
COOGAN'S BLUFF. Director Don Siegal, a favorite of French cinema fans, proves that his reputation is no Gallic caprice. This is a tough crime film about an Arizona sheriff (Clint Eastwood) who goes to New York to extradite a prisoner...
...well-known director and HUAC witness Edward Dmytryk had the sense to play his rusty vehicle somewhat tongue-in-cheek, the heaped-on cliche might have been more entertaining, particularly given the skill of the cast. But this adaptation of an ancient: novel by Louis L'Amour tends to take itself seriously; consequently all sorts of pedantic accusations can be levelled at it: there are no dramatic climaxes, the dialogue is bad, the color stinks, the film is barely entertaining--little things like that...