Word: kramer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hankie. Critic Raymond Durgnat called them "male weepies": films to make a grown man, or a baby mogul, cry. They describe a heroic life struggle that may end in defeat or death but never in ignominy. There is nothing like a fighter against the odds--a caring father (Kramer vs. Kramer), a troubled teenager (Ordinary People), a young cancer victim (Terms of Endearment) or a misunderstood songwriter (Amadeus)--to exalt ! and liquefy a theaterful of adults. Or to win the past six Oscars for Best Picture...
...kinky perfume campaign. The print spot, shot by Photographer Bruce Weber, shows three apparently naked men coiled around a similarly unclad woman, all bathed in an inky blue tint. Four 30-second TV spots debuted last week. Filmed by Photographer Richard Avedon and Cinematographer Nestor Almendros (Days of Heaven, Kramer vs. Kramer), they show four people--a young man, an older man, a boy and a woman--all "obsessed" with the same woman. Has Klein finally gone too far? "I don't think they're offensive," says the fashion master. "It's a very strong photograph, and I think...
...Kramer vs. Kramer, for all its exposure of the pangs of divorce for Mom and Dad, portrayed the children of divorce as the emotional equivalent of furniture, just another trinket to split in the final settlement. Firstborn looks at the American family in the aftermath of divorce and examines the furniture that must grow up with "new relationship" Skillfully avoiding the artistic temptation to transform the Livingston family into Every Family and the film into The Social Statement, Firstborn draws us into a painful and complex story that may be one of this year's best films...
Jake the Brooder and Jake the Smart Ass we know well. Those Jakes are adolescence according to Hollywood. Unable to solve problems, they either sulk them or Sherry Lansing, largely responsible for Kramer vs. Kramer introduce a different teenager here, a teenager who can't just drink away his problems or race away on his motorbike. His brother, saying don'tcare where we go-let's just go, offers the route many would choose...
...more striking than--its "message," are the film's many vignettes of small town life. Reminiscent of Benton's work in "Kramer versus Kramer," the film reveals scenes of family life with startling simplicity and intimacy. While some of the character types are hackneyed in conception--the good hearted black man, the embittered blind gentleman--they are nonetheless made believable through skillful execution by the actors. This is indeed an ensemble performance...