Word: greats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...work is highly individualistic, representative of no particular movement in the current cinema, and thus almost alone among current French filmmakers he has not benefitted by the surge of interest in the new-wave in this country. This is particularly unfortunate since Bresson is one of the few truly great living directors, and the unavailability of his films here makes us truly poorer indeed. Pickpocket, made in 1959, represents the very essence of Bresson's work: tightly controlled, carefully delineated, and concerned with the inscrutable relationship between man's action...
...Trout fishing in America, Inc." The button was white with "Trout Fishing in America, Inc." in green Roman capitals, centered, in four lines. Someone had tossed me the button during an interview. I had expected to see the Great American Wilderness and two rainbow trout in a frying pan. Instead the button was very straightforward. And it was tossed by a girl with long black hair, a purple sweater, and no brassiere. I had put it on without thinking...
With a love of cities that overshadows mere statistics, the author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities explores the financial aspects of growth and decay in urban centers...
...just two minutes past touchdown on the moon's surface [July 25]. It is night in my country-and I sit alone, overwhelmed by this fantastic feat. It is great to be alive tonight. I cannot explain what I feel-a sort of pride in this human achievement...
Modern science has long since dispelled most of the ancient myths. Yet it has failed to solve one of the great Martian mysteries: Does the planet harbor any form of life...