Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...zozei, a stiff tax increase, either on personal income or consumer goods. Stung by a vociferous backlash against new taxes, Ohira tried to soft-pedal the issue just before the election, but by then it was too late. Although Ohira can safely ignore demands that he resign, to form a Cabinet he will probably have to surrender some prized ministerial portfolios to the disgruntled powerbrokers who head rival factions within the L.D.P. Last week the Bull looked corralled and sounded bearish. Confessed Ohira: "I should have been more cautious in bringing up the zozei issue...
...needed, or at least would buy, and set out to produce them. In the case of electric light, gas was already lighting homes, and electric arc lights were illuminating streets and stores-though much too brilliantly, and expensively, for general use. The need, Edison saw, was for some other form of electric illumination that would provide a steadier and, above all, cheaper glow than...
...than mere fooling around. Increasingly, he seems to be the '70s heir to such past camp masters as the '50s Hollywood director Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession) and the '60s Warhol disciple Paul Morrissey (Flesh). But unlike his predecessors, Fassbinder does not recognize the limits of the form. Camp is fine for movies that want to trade exclusively in offbeat humor and florid emotions. In Maria Braun, Fassbinder makes the serious mistake of try ing to convey ideas...
...protagonist. The trouble stems from Fassbinder's belief that Maria can serve as a damning metaphor for modern Germany's Economic Miracle. Since his style expresses complex emotions and ambiguous political history in broad theatrical gestures, he never makes his case. Eventually the strain between form and content becomes irritating. The final shot is a portrait of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who is thus equated with the film's opening image of Hitler. No sale. If Fassbinder wants to take such dangerous stands, he will have to abandon his facile mannerisms and arm himself with the most powerful...
Seven years ago, when she turned pro, Chris Evert was a chunky teen-ager with a pretty frown of concentration and a strong game. She still has the frown and the form but Evert, 24, now the bride of fellow Pro John Lloyd, 25, has become a lissome beauty. Particularly in a bikini, as on the beach at Maui, where she dutifully draped Lloyd with leis during a recent vacation. Advantage, Evert, as they...