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...same ironic vein, Sayles first has Pilar's mother call the Border Patrol upon seeing two "wetbacks" (illegal immigrants across the Rio) and then reveals through a flashback her own frightening nightwade across the river. And Sam is constantly hearing what may or may not be cryptic don't-go-there messages in the stories of those he interviews. (Never know what you might find once you get to "poking around...
These discursive interruptions, the sort of droning stuff therapists are paid to listen to, or that a patient friend hears well into the second bottle of white wine, tell nothing of importance about the title figure that couldn't have been handled in half a dozen brisk paragraphs. The flashback chapters turn a tidy, well-told book into a fat, soggy...
Similar dualities predominate Bergman's camera work. While Johan paints on the heath, the grass appears soft and fresh, but when he has a flashback about killing a boy while fishing on the rocky bluffs, those cliffs become jagged and sinister. And when Johan retreats to the woods, he imagines vampires and ravens tearing him apart in a tangled ravine...
Popular for its satirical tone, All My Children tried to capitalize on viewer nostalgia last January, when it celebrated its 25th anniversary. The show spent a week reviewing in flashback its quarter-century on the air. It also produced a book, All My Children: The Complete Family Scrapbook, now in its fourth printing, and a nighttime retrospective to which its most famous fan, Carol Burnett, played host...
...quest for the ultimate stage act, Tommy encounters singing dogs, transvestite ballerinas and most disturbingly, his past. A series of eerie black and white flashback scenes sends him straight into the rubber arms of Jack and the Parker brothers. When past and present ultimately face off, Chelsom's film has the coherence of the Beatles' "Revolution 9," but is far more comprehensive and satisfying...