Word: labyrinth
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Bunkers of rock and earth and 5-ft. -thick concrete gun turrets dominate each piece of high ground. A labyrinth of thick-walled tunnels connects the whole. Garages have been dug out for tanks and vehicles; 20-ft.-high earth work barricades protect artillery em placements, and the miles of minefields are dotted with tank traps. The enemy is prepared to defend the heights with two armored brigades, one mechanized infantry brigade, one mobile brigade, 18 battalions of artillery, and six in fantry brigades, each with its own tank battalion - a total of some...
Most film makers have used Expo's theme-"Man and His World"-to sanctify a marriage of convenience between formidable technique and flaccid story. But at the Labyrinth pavilion the theme is handled by Canada's prize winning National Film Board with solemnity and skill. In the vaulted chambers of a windowless, five-story building, the viewer follows a restatement of the Greek myth of Theseus, who entered a labyrinth on the island of Crete to slay the monstrous Minotaur. In the pavilion the labyrinth is evoked by a series of eerie corridors and chambers, including one auditorium...
...jungle, spear in hand, searching the waters for a crocodile. Around him the night seethes ominously. When at last he kills his quarry, the screens abruptly fill with white-eyed death masks that seem, for once, as terrifying to the viewer as they must be to the native. Labyrinth's narration is sometimes painfully portentous: "The hardest place to look is inside yourself, but that is where you will find the beast. . ." But for the most part it is a sonic boon, admirably understating Labyrinth's stunning visual display...
...their best seem to have found a new way of interpreting and reproducing the imagery of life. Much of the expertise has been expended on trompe-l'oeil techniques that clearly have no place in the commercial film of today, or even tomorrow. Yet such visual delights as Labyrinth and Kane's three-screened children suggest that cinema-the most typical of 20th century arts-has just begun to explore its boundaries and possibilities...
...move was to recruit two veteran aviation consultants: Thomas Wolfe, 65, a onetime vice president of both Western and Pan American, who is now Air California's chairman, and Hull, 66, onetime president of Lockheed Aircraft Service. With their guidance, the group steered its way safely through the labyrinth of state and federal approvals to operate. They managed to raise $5,300,000 amid last year's tight-money squeeze, including a $2,500,000 public stock offering, which was largely snapped up by enthusiastic local residents...