Word: franco
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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State of Siege. Costa-Gavras' latest political drama (following Z and The Confession) written by Franco Solinas who scripted The Battle of Algiers. It was hailed as a masterpiece by one local Marxist critic, and as a radical hype by Pauline Kael. She liked the message of the movie which castigated American imperialism; what she disliked, and rightly, was he slick surface that injects the message into your veins without giving you the data needed to consider the issues raised. Yves Montand has the sort of impeccably cool father face perfect for the part he plays. His role is based...
...separated not by a gap but a chasm. There seems to be no bridge at all between those Spaniards born after the Civil War, who hope to slowly modernize the country, and those born before it, who adhere to the rigid ideals of 81-year-old Dictator Francisco Franco. In the wake of the assassination of President Luis Carrero Blanco by Basque extremists last month, the chasm seems likely to grow wider still...
...Franco's new regime effectively finishes Opus Dei as a power in Spanish politics, at least for the immediate future. It dashes the hopes of Opus Dei and Spain's newly emerging industrialists that their country will join the Common Market. The Market has demanded that Madrid meet certain "democratic conditions" before it can become a member-conditions that Franco and Arias firmly repudiated...
...Franco's choice of Arias Navarro, who headed the national security police for eight years over more moderate candidates, seemed to signal his belief that the solution to Spain's problems is more repression. In his annual year-end TV address to the people, el Caudillo went out of his way to scotch rumors that he himself might retire. "Spain has always counted on my dedication, which will not be failing," said Franco, who betrayed his age in slurred, indistinct words. "My entire life has been, is and will be in the service of the Spanish...
...first choice, Soupy Sales, declines to attend the ceremonies. Despite a year of speculation, Cambodian dictator Lon Nol again does not receive an honorary degree from Harvard. Instead, the University honors "three men whose service to the cause of peace and justice is legend": Spain's Generalissimo Franco, President Juan Peron of Argentina, and Urguay's up-and-coming fascist, Juan Bordaberry...