Word: flashback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rich colors and textures of the large Victorian house that serve as the setting of the drama only accent all the more disturbing. Bergman's story of the psychological dynamics between a woman dying of cancer and the two sisters that look after her in her final weeks. The flashback sequences in this film are some of the most cruel and haunting that Bergman has ever realized...
...deep flashback for upperclassmen scouting out the territory, and the memories are fresher than one would like to admit...
...host of snappy magazines like Interviu and Opinion. Theatergoers have been able to see hitherto forbidden plays by Federico Garcia Lorca and Bertolt Brecht. Moviegoers have flocked to such films as Songs for After a War, a documentary on the Franco era, Carlos Saura's Cousin Angelica, a thoughtful flashback to civil war divisions, and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator...
...play's success hinged on Whitmore's forceful rendering of Roosevelt's intriguing personality, author Jerome Alden has tailored the script so as to maximize the assets of both actor and character. Essentially biography, the play weaves together the most important parts of Roosevelt's life, mixing reminiscence and flashback with action in the present and cleverly juxtaposing events to achieve the maximum dramatic effect...
...second act abandons the flashback except for a few isolated and effective moments, and it begins with Roosevelt on the campaign trail in 1912. The absence of random, stream-of-consciousness reminiscence as attempts to carry out present action in a one-character play seem almost inherently doomed to failure. Some "corny" lighting and musical effects only worsen the general lag in the first part...