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...reason: the significant action has occurred a dozen years before, so the entire plot must be exposition pocked with explosions of violence. Parker, an itchy director (Midnight Express, Fame) with a bang-on sense of textbook timing, occasionally tries to pump up his flashback talkathon with chase scenes that distract from the film's mood. But he has located a chic, grim style for the story. Garish, ominous colors flash vividly across his monochrome palette. The streets keep sweating rain, and clouds loom over the bayou like threats written in cigar smoke. Images of mirrors, feet, overhead fans, unknown soldiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lucifer In Disguise with Diamonds ANGEL HEART | 3/9/1987 | See Source »

...making budget cuts to continue next year. The deficit in fiscal 1987, which ends next October, will probably ease to $190 billion -- still well above the $144 billion target established by the Gramm-Rudman deficit-reduction law. The economists believe the Iran-contra scandal, among other issues, could distract congressional attention from the job of slashing the fiscal 1988 budget...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stamina, Not Speed | 12/22/1986 | See Source »

...cannot let recent events distract us from the cause of those brave fighters for freedom around the world," he said. As his audience applauded, Reagan said, "Yes, you did just make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poindexter Is Mum; GOP Assails Regan | 12/4/1986 | See Source »

Speaking at the third and final convocation of Harvard's 350th anniversary celebration, Bok said that demands placed on scholars by the government, corporations, and a knowledge-hungry public threaten to distract professors from their real goal of teaching and scholarship...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, | Title: Profs Question Feasibility of Bok Speech | 9/7/1986 | See Source »

...Distract Charles by mentioning "Bloom County" or the I.R.A...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: What's Your Royalty Rating | 9/4/1986 | See Source »

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