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Even more absurd than this plot line is Ross' insistence on pummeling his audience with the parallels of the ballet Giselle with this film of Giselle. Shots of Giselle's grave in the staged ballet are interspersed with fuzzy-lensed shots of Lisa looking sickly angelic. And since Dancers is a film of the filming of Giselle, Ross attempts Bergman-like self-referentiality--with shots of cameras and film crews, lenses and light meters--but only succeeds in overstating his own inadequacy as a film director...

Author: By Deborah E. Copaken, | Title: Giselle in Hell | 10/16/1987 | See Source »

...irreparable has been avoided," said Ahmed Mestiri, an opposition leader and former Defense Minister. "The execution of the leaders of the Islamic movement would have created a very grave situation." Tunisian moderates were especially relieved that the court had spared the life of Rachid Ghannouchi, 47, head of the Islamic Tendency Movement, the group that has spearheaded fundamentalist agitation. He was instead sentenced to "forced labor in perpetuity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunisia Punishing the Pious | 10/12/1987 | See Source »

...East will (justifiably) lose their emerging confidence in U.S. resolve. And the Administration's vehement opposition to the act signals the coming of a destructive constitutional clash with the legislative branch should the measure pass--which would be a time when such a confrontation could do U.S. foreign policy grave harm...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Difficult Problem, Easy Solution | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

...firmly rejecting the pick-and- choose approach toward church doctrine among many lay U.S. Catholics. "It is sometimes claimed," intoned the Holy Father, "that dissent from the Magisterium is totally compatible with being a 'good Catholic' and poses no obstacle to the reception of the sacraments. This is a grave error that challenges the teaching office of the bishops of the United States and elsewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: John Paul Draws The Line | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

RELIGION: Do- it- yourself Catholicism is a "grave error," the Pope warns Americans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page September 28, 1987 | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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