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When musicologists of the future start rummaging through the LP artifacts of the '60s, they will be able to discern several distinct phases in the stylistic evolution of the Beatles. Rubber Soul (1966) was the last album of their archaic period, blending the best kind of rock naivete with a mastery of simple forms. Sgt. Pepper (1967) represents the Beatles at their classic moment, fusing the pop spirit and an astoundingly eclectic range of sounds into a harrowing but harmonious whole. Their double-disk album called simply The Beatles, which has just been released in the U.S.,* may well...
...production is drawn from Brecht's text, it is framed in a nicely articulated image of Sanctuary, complete with detailed instructions of nonviolent self-defense and free legal aid, and embellished with a drivingly contemporary slide show. Schweyk in sanctuary, the Schweyk of the moment, is really a third distinct figure. His aims and methods remain the same, but his open declaration of the will to survive, and better, is something very new. Mr. Bloch's production suggests that the tactics of Schweyk remain valid, being as adaptable as authority is inflexible...
DEEP IN THE winter of 1965 the Beatles released an album titled Beatles for Sale that contained such songs as "I'm a Loser," "Baby's in Black," "Mr. Moonlight." They were nice songs all and strikingly performed as usual, but that album left one with the distinct feeling that the Beatles were treading water, that they were not uncovering any fresh musical resources, that they were not making any further additions to the existing stock of their achievement. Instead, that album represented a consolidation, a wrapping up of all the Beatles' loose ends in a last burst of splendid...
...Luther decided to post his theses on indulgences at Wittenberg Castle Church. On that day last summer, Pope Paul VI promulgated his seventh encyclical, Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life), which condemned all methods of contraception as against God's natural law. Since it reflected the views of a distinct minority of Catholic theologians and moralists, the encyclical created an unprecedented storm of protest and dissent within the church. Millions of laymen, priests and even bishops made it clear that they simply could not accept, without qualification, the teaching of Humanae Vitae. At the same time, many contended that their...
Reminiscent in style of the good old Warner Bros, crime films of the '40s, Bullitt is given a distinct touch of Now by Director Peter Yates. The movie is full of gritty city details and has a streaking pace that would leave Jim Ryun winded. As the beleaguered cop, McQueen is surprisingly subtle, mixing his customary hip swagger with an urban high-strung sensibility; like Oscar in The Odd Couple, he is so tense he has clenched hair...