Word: fascistically
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...Party's grasp for power has stirred a violent reaction. In Aveiro in northern Portugal, he talked with Catholic foes of the Communists and visited a debris-strewn Communist headquarters that had been wrecked by angry townspeople. The local Communist boss at first refused to talk with the "fascist reactionary press, who only tell lies about us," but agreed to do so after he learned that Taber had already interviewed Communist Leader Alvaro Cunhal...
...good publicity (just get the name right)," than a film like the Wind and the Lion should be reviewed on the day it leaves town. And as a matter of fact this abomination is leaving today, from the Beacon Hill, where it has been preaching the worst kind of fascist nonsense for the past couple of months. The responsibility belongs to USC Film School hot-shot John Millus, who, along with Robert Towns (shampoo, The Last Detail) is Hollywood's favorite litte scriptwriter This film he directs as well, but his skills in the department may be quickly dismissed...
...common with its predecessor. The original French Connection was made by that slickest of American directors, William Friedkin, and it was seductive stuff. It helped demonstrate, like Don Siegel's Dirty Harry, that Charles Bronson--like punch-'em-up movies, seemingly innocent if a bit violent, could be fascist. All they needed was a good director, and it was enough to scare you silly--not what happened on screen, but the way you were responding. These pictures didn't necessarily bring out the stormtrooper in you, but they did illustrate the awesomely manipulative power of well-fashioned celluloid...
...assassination is a method of control: Altman's last shot in the film, before he pans up to the sky, is of a policewoman, prim in her cap, marching through the crowd with a bag slung officially over her shoulder. Maybe the singing Haven Hamilton is a kind of fascist...
...BENGALI INHERITANCE (Pantheon; 225 pages; $6.95) is also based on the gold standard. Hong Kong Senior Inspector Richard Chan is a heroic young pro whose district is the last resting place of a 24-karat fortune. The loot has been missing since 1945, when the Fascist collaborator Subhas Chandra Bose perished in an air crash. Bird-dogging the musty trail of the treasure, Detective Chan takes on a slew of Oriental cutthroats, as well as the colonial snobs who disdainfully regard him as a subgumshoe. Ceylonese Author Owen Cela is obviously no stranger to the refractions of cultural prejudice...