Word: focus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...size, is the Ka'ba. Muslims believe that this cube-shaped structure, covered always by a black cloth embroidered in gold, was erected to God by Abraham and that it was cleansed of idols by the Prophet Muhammad in A.D. 630. The Ka'ba is the chief focus of prayer and ritual during the hajj, the annual pilgrimage that this year drew more than 2 million Muslims to Mecca...
Kramer vs. Kramer is a rare movie that finds its tone, its focus and its poetry in its very first image. The image: a close-up of an anguished woman, her face surrounded by darkness. The shot is so intimate that the audience at first yearns for some relief. But the relief never really comes. Kramer vs. Kramer is composed almost entirely of actors' faces, of intense passions and of winter light...
...screenplay strips away unnecessary detail and background from Gorman's novel; his direction concentrates on the characters' feelings above all else. Music is never used to heighten a scene, and the camera moves only when the actors' wanderings force it to do so. Benton's focus is so tight that Kramer shows a far more domestic and grittier view of Manhattan than the Allen and Mazursky films. The cinematographer is Nestor Almendros, a frequent collaborator of François Truffaut's and Eric Rohmer's and a brilliant portraitist...
What we are witnessing, in the words of Crimson coach Joseph W. Bernal, "is the creation of the Harvard swimming dynasty of the 1980s," designed to rival that of Yale in the 1940s and 50s--when the focus of national swimming attention centered on New Haven and the Ivy League...
...France's rich dowager, Renault, which will eventually own 22.5% of American Motors stock. Renault's mini Le Car is selling well in AMC showrooms and drawing customers to some of American Motors' own models. Automakers will survive in the future, says Meyers, if they sharply focus their markets and hook up with international partners. Those that do not, he adds, "will be wiped out as thoroughly as Custer's 7th Cavalry...