Word: gores
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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CREATION by Gore Vidal Random House; 510pages...
...Gore Vidal, acerbic author, on his plans to lecture widely during 1981: "Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences...
...Albert Gore...
...Gore Vidal...
...stirring moment. The Romantic flourishes become so predictable that Polanski almost parodies soppy filmmaking. He bombards with shots of gentle animals: deer, cows, wans, all of them looking as though they might, at any moment, transform into a Stubbs oil. Polanski even presents the film's little bit of gore with extreme tameness. His relentless diffidence weakens a potentially powerful story. We watch with a dreamy disinterest as Fate designs it tapestry of despair. BecauseTess' story doesn't possess the shock value it had when Hardy wrote it almost a century ago, the film needs more vibrant and innovative direction...