Word: hammond
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...movie's most effective episodes, two people struggle to communicate. In one scene, a pathetic rugby scout clings to Machin; as he rises, Machin progressively rejects the puzzled old man. Also, Machin and his landlady, Mrs. Hammond, destroy each other. Neither can understand other people--but he approaches them aggressively while she withdraws from them completely. Their affair reflects this difference: he is brutal when they first make love, and she must be forced into this act as into all contacts. Their problems seem especially acute compared with another rugby player's happy romance; in fact, Machin and Mrs. Hammond...
Excellent photography accentuates the subtle characterizations. Dramatic, almost surrealistic rugby shots emphasize the players' brutality. Even shots of background scenery contribute to the characterization. When withdrawn and upset, Mrs. Hammond appears in front of a blurred, ruined abbey; when relaxed, she stands in the midst of an idyllic country scene...
...GODFREY HAMMOND Scarsdale...
After excellent sets by the Herbie Mann Sextet and the Dave Brubeck Quartet--both very pleasent groups to listen to on a cool summer evening--a young man slid behind a Hammond organ and almost brought the house down. He was Jimmy Smith, the logical, beautiful extreme of the5ALBERT B. CRENSHAWCOLEMAN HAWKINS...
...pageant in Washington, D.C., a sailor emptied a pistol at a spectator who refused to rise for The Star-Spangled Banner, and the crowd cheered. In Hammond, Ind., a jury took only two minutes to acquit the assassin of an alien who yelled: "To hell with the U.S." In Waterbury, Conn., a salesman was sentenced to six months in jail for remarking that Lenin was "one of the brainiest" of the world's leaders...