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HAL ASHBY'S NEWEST FILM, Lookin' to Get Out, is framed by illusion As flashy neon titles appear in the opening sequence, two brightly dressed magicians work their chichi miracles on a glittery Las Vegas stage. The closing credits roll over a juggler trying in vain to make something of...
The real juggler behind all this is Ashby himself Abetted by his screenwriters (AI Schmaltz and star Jon Voight), he has concocted a rather simple story about an unlucky gambler who run off to Vegas, chasing a dream, and being chased by two New York thugs The problems arise when...
These characters are all placed against the backdrop of a land of illusion and decadence. Alex and Jerry check into the Dr. Zhivago suite at the MGM Grand, complete with sunken bathtub, a mirror over the bed, and a doorbell that plays the theme from the film which gives the...
The grand illusion of Lookin' To Get Out, of course, is Alex's belief that he can beat the house. The film treat us once again to the tired theme of self-destruction: all gamblers really want to lose. But even this apparently simplistic theme is not developed quite as...
With hindsight, Updike's unswerving dedication to realistic fiction looks both daring and inspired. At the beginning of his career, the prevailing wisdom held that Joyce, Proust and Kafka had made the old-fashioned novel redundant, a tired illusion that had been exposed once and for all as a...