Word: hooding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...months, and last week the guerrillas seized Attorney General Guido Berro Oribe for "questioning." Nonetheless, the Uruguayan government is hopeful that its policy will ultimately put an end to political kidnapings, since the Tupamaros have gained little for their trouble and, in resorting to murder, have lost their Robin Hood image...
...hoped for, you're lucky." Although Scott's batting average, even in his off moments, is generally a good deal higher, he maintains that his real commitment is to the legitimate theater. Even now, when he is filming a movie entitled The Last Run, about an over-the-hill hood ("I'm doing it because it reminds me of old Bogart pictures"), he is reading the script for Neil Simon's new play, God's Favorite, and eagerly blocking out his schedule so that he will be able to star in it come the fall...
...plot is insanely complex, but has generally to do with a kinky London hood named Carter (Michael Caine) who returns home to the north of England to arrange his murdered brother's funeral. In this case, that means maiming, murdering or brutalizing what seems like half the population of Newcastle-a process Hodges shows in elaborate and gory detail. Against such competition, one or two good things tend to get lost: a first-rate, glacial performance by Caine, and the brooding, striking photography of Wolfgang Suschitsky. Neither Hodges nor anyone else connected with the film seems to have understood...
...knights and highwaymen, Robin Hood and Superman, capes were no mere fashion. They were a way of life. Romance and adventure might as well have been sewn into the lining: the style guaranteed them. Modern-day versions have even more to offer, with a choice of colors, fabrics and assorted flourishes undreamed of in the days of chivalry. For women this winter, capes are clearly the most popular way to cover up since face powder...
...boutiques are having trouble keeping capes in stock. A favorite is St. Laurent's Moroccan wool version, already snapped up by Jennifer Jones. The farther-out Reva's Fashions boutique, where Joanne Woodward picked up her reversible Guinevere cloak, has a bestseller in matte jersey, its turban hood framed in ostrich or turkey feathers. Reva's also stocks a show-stopping full-length Levi model, appliquéd on the back with a collage of antique fabrics...