Word: echoeing
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PRESIDENT CARTER'S decision last week to "defer" production of the neutron bomb for now seems at first glance to be a laudable move, but beneath that decision lies the shallow echo of Carter's campaign promise to stop nuclear proliferation. Carter alienated friends and foes alike with his shifting stand on the "clean" nuclear weapon; and while his decision to hold off production of the neutron bomb in the face of such pressure is commendable, the reasoning behind the decision is suspect and the final outcome still remains in doubt...
...very much opposed to the idea of paying the managers," Reardon said, and most managers readily echo that sentiment. "I'm against it in the same way I'd be against paying somebody who plays in the band or writes for The Crimson," Reardon said in placing the manager squarely within the extra-curricular, character-building arena...
...author who pioneered this transformation is John Brunner, who was Boskone's chief speaker. Brunner, in his books "Stand on Zanzibar" and "The Sheep Look Up," adapted avant-garde literary techniques to speculate on overpopulation and pollution. Brunner seemed to echo the feelings of many people at the convention when he told them, in a clipped British accent, "In my childhood I had the feeling that I was outside the existence of normal people. At a convention like this, I feel that all these strangers are on my side and I can relax...
...over in the path of the horses. He is duly removed. This is to show you how hot it is. Or take the scene in Argos, when a messenger delivers the letter from Agamemnon to Clytemnestra. She leans out, over the beautiful mountains, and calls, "Iph-i-gen-ia!" (Echo: "Iphigenia, Iphigenia.') The camera zooms down the mountain, music swelliing, Iphigenia whirling around into the frame, arms outstretched, and suddenly we are in the midst of The Sound of Music. Cacoyannis also enjoys choreographing heads as they turn toward one another, apparently fantasizing that he is a thinking...
Padre Padrone unfolds in brief and often brutal bursts of drama that are more reminiscent of Godard movies than of anthropological documentaries; the film's unsettling rhythm is meant to echo the primitive manners of the society it describes. Even more startling is the Tavianis' extravagant use of sound to intensify and comment upon the film's pivotal incidents. When, for instance, the hero first experiences sex (in the form of bestiality), the panting of a chorus of unseen copulators overwhelms the action. Later, a moment of incongruous accordion music smashes the film's pastoral hush...