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Ulvang was at the press conference to explain his jarring assertion that the service of I.O.C. president Juan Antonio Samaranch in the Cabinet of Spain's dictator Francisco Franco decades ago was "bad" and "may not be worthy of sport." The same day, in a rehearsal of an attempt to outdo the melodrama of 1992 in Barcelona -- when an archer ignited the Olympic flame with a streaking arrow -- Norwegian ski jumper Ole Gunnar Fidjestol sought to soar down the slope and vault into the air as one of the final bearers of the Olympic flame on its journey to Lillehammer...
...seem to be in the minority. Although the public rejected the TV comeback attempt of 1970s favorite Chevy Chase--who opened his first show's "news" segment with the decidedly retro line "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead"--there is an almost insatiable appetite for 1970s-esque stuff. The founders of the "1970s preservation Society" and other entrants to the booming "nostalgia industry" are striking it rich. You may not own a lava lamp yet, but you probably will soon...
Kieslowski, a Polish filmmaker now working in France, has an imposing European reputation from his 10-part series The Decalogue (still unreleased in the U.S.). His Franco-Polish The Double Life of Veronique earned its star, Irene Jacob, the best-actress award at last year's Cannes Film Festival. His new Blue won Binoche the best-actress prize this September in Venice. So Kieslowski knows two or three things about showcasing beautiful women. He gives them an identity crisis, locks them alone in a Paris apartment and puts their chic, bleak spirits handsomely on display...
...Angel and Sinner" at 7:30 p.m. The film is setduring the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. The superblandscape photography serves as a dramaticbackground for the diverse factual characters andtheir conflicts...
...spoken quite prosaically, and this is adifficult task. Stephane is given to uttering suchwinners as "I like watching you talk," "All booksare about love," and "Music is dreams." Of course,he does this in French, and everyone doeseverything else in French, but that is somehow notenough to make the Franco-talkiness of "Un Coeuren Hiver"-- or its silences--as meaningful as theycould...