Word: eye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SINCE, by its own self-admission. Cabaret "is more than a musical," consideration must be paid to the themes the film develops, matters in which the movie is not at all convincing. Going from Isherwood's first-person narration to the camera's more omniscient eye. Cabaret promises to give us a more complete, balanced view of its characters. By restricting its musical numbers to the cabaret setting, it clears the board for increased attention to the relatively straightforward plot that occurs in between the songs. As a result, one ends up demanding more of an intellectual hard-headedness from...
...PLOT. A 13-year-old boy named Christian disappears, and his father, who is divorced from his mother, hires a private eye to find him. The detective (who, incidentally, is handicapped by having artificial hands) gets a helicopter and cruises along the Gulf of California, looking for a blue Volkswagen truck in which Christian is supposed to be riding. Eventually the detective spots the truck parked at a tent camp in a remote area of Baja California. He lands at a nearby town, organizes a detachment of Mexican police and raids the camp. Christian, who is hiding behind a pile...
...theater. Drama needs plot, character and conflict. Drama needs language of resonance, tempo and style-something more than a faithful reproduction of what people say at college commencements, dog tracks and Sunday brunches. Above all, drama needs a strong personal vision, not that of the camera's eye, but of the mind's eye. Three recent entries on and Off Broadway have attracted a measure of critical and popular support; yet they are more instructive for their flaws than their virtues...
...occassion when a Palm Beach type named Hugh raised her $13 she studied his face for a second, looking a little sad and then, catching his eye, smiled and tried to get a read...
Daughter of a chemist, Mrs. Burbidge developed an early interest in the stars. At the University of London, her work with telescopes so impressed her professors that they appointed her acting director of the school observatory. There, she caught the eye of Geoffrey Burbidge, who was also studying at the university. They were married six months later...