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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cast. In Weekend, for example, windy politics fray some of the film's visionary power. But in Pierrot Le Fou Godard shows that he can coax fine actors into superlative performances. Belmondo earns his lunatic (fou) sobriquet; his quirky bantam strut and broken-nosed banter are only a gasp away from Breathless. Karina's sensuality gives her ultimate villainy the quality of revelation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Wanton Flow | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

...musical's tall, gangling antihero, Chuck Baxter (Jerry Orbach), is an underling at Consolidated Life and looks suspiciously like a poor insurance risk. His arms seem to dangle somewhere close to his knees, and his face bears the gasp-jawed incredulity of a deep-sea diver whose air supply has just been cut off. What makes him mildly appealing is that he confides his utter lack of confidence in self-abasing little asides to the audience. It is hard to think ill of a man who thinks so ill of himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Mediocrity into Success | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...Gasp...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 11/23/1968 | See Source »

...went through the usual statistical garbage, ripped through the telephone book, and then strolled into the IBM shower stall I-22 computer. "Gasp," I cried. "The nozzle is gone. I'm all washed...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: SPORTS of the 'CRIME' | 11/23/1968 | See Source »

When frazzled Manhattan subway riders gasp and sigh, it is almost inevitably because of the cloacal stench and spine-crushing lack of charm that characterize the system. Not so in Par is, where ever since World War II the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens has been enthusiastically refurbishing the Métro. Last week the latest renovated subway station opened, this one at the Louvre. Parisian eyes popped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Underground Art | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

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