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John Heard's performance as Charles sparkles, even against the somber backdrop of the movie. He maintains an ironic edge throughout, towards both the world and himself. This makes his portrayal of pathos both palatable and convincing. While Mary Beth Hurt's role does not allow for the scope or...
Both visions are fantasies, cartoons of the harder, drearier, subtler economic realities. The first is closer to the truth. Unfortunately, the months of recession and traumatic unemployment have begun to attract many Americans to the second vision, the protectionist illusion.
Expertise, then, becomes the dominant impression of the film--expertise in taking on an unquestionably ambitious cinematic goal and then meeting it with a flourish. Faithfulness to the novel only accentuates the point. Much has been made of the perfectionism with which Streep attacked the demanding role of Sophie, breaking...
Administration officials were divided about the political impact of the news from Geneva on the alliance. According to the Pentagon, West European support for Reagan's zero option was still "rock solid," and a senior State Department official traveling with Shultz noted that "not a single European pressed for...
Helms' triumph was something of an illusion. He had considerable help from Senate Republican leaders, who were edgy at the thought of a Helms filibuster. In addition, Republican Senators Malcolm Wallop and Orrin Hatch were going after the nomination of Richard Burt, whose appointment as Assistant Secretary of State...