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...YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY Directed by Peter Weir Screenplay by David Williamson, Peter Weir and C.J. Koch...
Weir's movies have always boasted pristine imagery and avoided visual clichés; Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli are among the smartest-looking pictures in recent cinema. But in his attempt to blend his preoccupations with the plot of C. J. Koch's 1978 novel, Weir has perhaps packed too much imagery and information into his movie. The sound track is wallpapered with dialogue and Billy Kwan's pensive narration. The plot becomes landlocked in true-life implausibilities; the characters rarely get a hold on the moviegoer's heart or lapels...
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...Connecticut's new tokens were manufactured by the same firm that produces New York's. But city subway officials and Connecticut transportation officials failed to confer in advance on the token plans. With each side soon blaming the other for the foul-up, New York Mayor Ed Koch launched a new crackdown on fare cheating, Connecticut-style. Some operators of video-game parlors that employ special tokens have discovered another illegal use for the Connecticut tokens: Pac-Man players are getting a quarter's worth of action...
...United Auto Workers leader, denounced the American nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as intended to intimidate the Soviet government not save lives by ending the war. But the New York TV network affiliates passed up such statements in favor of an interview with the city's mayor. Ed Koch, who said. It's terrific to try to affect the conscience of the world. It's just regrettable they didn't have a similar demonstration in Moscow. Koch initially did not support a freeze resolution and he was not in cited to speak at the rally...