Word: icebox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Almost every frame in A Clockwork Orange is dead, pre-planned to the last actor's detail, and predictably sensationalist. Kubrick's gelled his fluids in a concept-ridden icebox: his effects misfire because they are backed neither by rigorously developed intellectual argument nor compassion. From the moment that the orange and blue credit backgrounds start to work on us, followed by that long dolly which grows from Malcolm McDowell's leer to encompass the entire terribly-clever Korova Milk bar set, we are begged to participate in a mere thrill show. A proud Kubrick tells his interviewers how people...
...Vietnamese refer to Ellsworth Bunker as the "blue-eyed sorcerer" or "the icebox." In their view, the American ambassador is shrewd, cool and manipulative, a match for the wiliest Vietnamese politician. He seems, in a word, inscrutable-so much so that a great many Vietnamese believe that Bunker, acting on Richard Nixon's behalf, eased Big Minh and Nguyen Cao Ky out of the presidential race. After all these years, they still do not understand the Yankee gentleman from Yale...
While the "icebox primary" was being vetoed, a state less bashful about its climate was planning a primary of its own. The Florida legislature enacted a primary bill, and much of the debate centered on a chamber of commerce theme. The contrast, Florida pols contended, between candidates sloshing through the snow in New Hampshire and shirtsleeve campaigning in Florida would be certain to help the sunshine state's tourism. Florida sought to add insult to injury by scheduling its vote for the same day as New Hampshire...
under the icebox...