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...were to let the study of Classics wither away, or the study of Sanskrit fade into oblivion, what would be next? Archaeology? The Renaissance? Buddhism? Or perhaps the Industrial Revolution, which in today's high-tech information age might strike some people as something close to ancient history?" Rudenstine asked...
...narration is hard and spare, with twitching jaw muscles. It ends at just the right moment, after an accomplice named George has turned treacherous, and Parker has dealt with this matter, and another colleague, who is loyal, asks, "You seen George?" and Parker says merely, "Yes." Cut, fade to black. Another Parker, to be published next year, is in the can, and the first volumes of the series, The Hunter and The Man with the Getaway Face, are due to be reprinted. They deserve to be, though Comeback is a grittier, better book. And the other 14 prehistoric Parkers...
...that could apply to the career span of many a young rapper: "Here today, gone later today." It's easy to understand why. Rap fans are among the most demanding and ruthlessly trendy. After three or four albums, even the music's hottest stars--remember Hammer and Tone Loc?--fade away as fans move on to tomorrow's new hip flavor...
Some stars age gracefully. Others use every means in their power to prolong youth by focusing on its companions: beauty and desirability. Still others fade out of sight. But JON VOIGHT has chosen a fourth route. He has embraced his outer homeliness. Voight, 58, has come a long way since he played Rolf in Broadway's original Sound of Music, or even since his Oscar-winning turn as the archetypal '70s-sensitive guy in Coming Home. In Anaconda, Heat and U-Turn, Voight has proved he can be as scrofulous and evil as the next bad guy. But it takes...
...cold fascination. Virtually every scene is a single shot (no intercutting to cue emotion); the camera prowls like a smooth, stealthy voyeur. Yet the film is true to the ferocity of mad love. There is a deep crimson in the couple's passion that, in the end, can only fade to noir...