Word: freneticism
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Pleased now with the acclaim that is greeting The Last Picture Show, Bogdanovich denies that he was trying to say something about American apathy and brutality. "I don't make movies to say anything," he insists. "I make them because I enjoy making that kind of picture, showing a...
The film's narrative is chronological. Its structure is complex. We are generally viewing events from the company privates' point-of-view, and at generally their rate of comprehension. If the early scenes are frenetic, the film becomes more leisurely and detailed as the company activities grow more serious.
The frenetic activity was set off by Nixon's radical moves to sever the dollar from gold and levy a 10% surtax on imports. The former started a worldwide monetary crisis, and the latter threatened to bring forth retaliatory tariffs from all of America's trading partners. With...
Frenetic Feel. A dope fiend named Tip knocks over the dealer in the Mercedes. Dusty and Sweets get busted because of information provided by City Life. Larry dies of an overdose. The Solid Gold Weekend, three days of rock radio that has underscored the action, is nearly over.
That's roughly the jagged, frenetic feel of Dusty and Sweets McGee, a kaleidoscopic semidocumentary about the L.A. subculture. Writer-Director Floyd Mutrux has made a good small film about a large and imposing subject. Dusty and Sweets McGee is not even so much a movie about dope as...