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...room at the Essex House, or sat in a production van, typewriter on his lap, while the actors froze outside), Odets gave flesh to Lehman's figures, then flayed them with the word-knives of a sadist surgeon. Every line parades its cutting cleverness, exposes character in the same harsh light the movie uses to third-degree the actors' faces, and, often, is paraphrased later for a residual kick. (The movie's dialogue structure couldn't be tighter if you poured a quart of scotch down its throat.) The 20-year gag about the playwright was that he had sold...
...seen as well as heard, and the place to do that right now is at Manhattan's Film Forum, where a splendid new 35mm print is unspooling through March 28. The big screen and clear print lets you see the pockmarks on J.J.'s skin (the harsh lighting that cinematographer James Wong Howe threw on Lancaster makes him look by turns reptilian and leprous), allows you to read the small print on the cover of a scandal magazine called Sensation (the lead story: "Sex in the City"). But the picture looks good in any size. Even the videocassette format provides...
While a few of the proposed cuts from the University of Massachusetts budget are sensible—such as replacing admissions books sent to prospective first-years with CD-ROMs at a savings of $60,000—the rest may deal a harsh blow to the academic reputation of the UMass system. Due to Swift’s cuts, deep reductions will have to be made in a wide variety of areas. Library budgets will be slashed; hundreds of journal subscriptions have already been dropped and fewer books purchased. Departmental budgets will also suffer; next year, some...
Your remarks are inappropriately harsh and premature, reflecting the hubris which in itself is ironic, since it is this exalted self-image that truly detracts from the positive attributes and contributions of the Harvard Community. Goodwin is nearing the end of her efforts to rectify her errors and a more prudent observer of news would recognize that the time to comment on this unfortunate chapter in an illustrious career has not yet arrived...
...union mended” on “A Man.” On one level, she addresses the “archaic reputation” burdening the relationship between man and woman. Yet on a deeper level, this is Morissette’s confession of being too harsh with her blame, and her desire to mend her relationship with humankind, and herself...