Word: grainedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After a few short but interminable seconds, U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong placed his foot firmly on the fine-grained surface of the moon. The time was 10:56 p.m. (E.D.T.), July 20, 1969. Pausing briefly, the first man on the moon spoke the first words on lunar soil:
Now that the controversy surrounding it has died down, The War Game can be judged on its own merits as one of the growing number of pacifist films. And it ranks with the best of them. Like Resnais' Night and Fog it uses documentary-like, rough-grained footage as well...
"As a true actor should be, he is an interpretive artist, not a personality merchant." For a major star, he is unique in lacking idiosyncrasies, ranging without trick or mannerism or telltale signature from classical heroes to contemporary antiheroes. A gaunt six-footer, he looks like a fine-grained, graceful...
Veteran Director Henry Hathaway delivers every shock of the linear plot without striving for subtlety. Among the sweaty stereotypes encountered, Brian Keith rings true as an amiable peddler who teaches young Nevada how to shoot. Keith warns the lad to give up his search for the killers, or "root with...
The computer model which Thomas envisages would make analyses of this sort but on a fantastic scale. Even for small nations, several man-years of effort would be necessary to incorporate all the fine-grained statistics need for an effective plan. Although each nation requires a different population policy in...