Word: elan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...setting by Debbie Samson conveys an atmosphere suitable only to the Shakespearean segment, but Paul Pietz's lighting contributes to the general professional elan of the production...
...however, the deep-revolving, witty Mankiewicz fails most where most he hoped to succeed. As drama and as cinema, Cleopatra is raddled with flaws. It lacks style both in image and in action. Never for an instant does it whirl along on wings of epic elan; generally it just bumps from scene to ponderous scene on the square wheels of exposition. Part of what is wrong went wrong in the cutting room, and for that Darryl Zanuck, boss of 20th Century-Fox, is possibly to blame. But much of what is wrong was wrong in the script, and for that...
...TIME, realizing the heat of the controversy, neither intended nor perpetrated calumny or libel. It respects Msgr. Elan's position, regrets his anger, and stands by its story...
...story of le quattro giornate di Napoli is now described with factual fidelity and tremendous elan in the best battle movie made in Italy since Open City and Paisan...
Downtown Pomona's physical face lifting has led to a new elan among storekeepers and their customers. Shops have been refurbished, stocks have been replenished, new businesses have moved in. "There's an air of excitement and pride," says one Pomonan. "I was downtown last Sunday, and there must have been 500 people just walking up and down the street looking in the store windows. I can't remember how long it's been since people came downtown on Sunday." Exclaimed a merchant: "Why, I came out of my store at midnight the other night...