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During the 1980's, the United States has had its moments at the Winter Olympics. Few will forget speedskater Eric Heiden's five gold medals at the 1980 Games at Lake Placid, N.Y. Or when Bill Johnson, the typical ski bum, conquered the mountains at the 1984 Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia...
...week before the Vikings' big playoff game against the Washington Redskins, local television news broadcasts almost made you forget about there being more to life than football. Then again, every channel did feature live shots of reporters--dining in Washington restaurants, walking the capital's streets, and posing at souvenir stands...
Unlike Judith Hearne, High Tide is not whiny and overexplained. And under the direction of Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career, Mrs. Soffel), the lead actresses have an honest naturalism that almost makes us forget the coincidences and arthritic manipulations of Laura Jones' script. But instead of calming our suspicions, Armstrong's camera work -- all zip pans, fast tracking and erratic boom shots -- reinforces them. Maybe she should take phlegmatic lessons from Jack Clayton...
John Morris will never forget the day four years ago when two bulldozers arrived in his tranquil West Los Angeles neighborhood. The 38-year-old accountant was already harboring doubts about life in the city. It takes him an hour to drive a mere 15 miles to work on the packed freeways, and he no longer wears contact lenses because the smog stings his eyes. Fear of toxic chemicals keeps him from setting foot in nearby Santa Monica...
...Forget Pow ! and Blam ! Comic books have grown up and become serious graphic novels. -- I. F. Stone covers the trial of Socrates...