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...love you, Lester- Oh yes, we do. When you're not near us, We feel so blue...
...KNACK. The off-Broadway comedy hit about a virgin from out of town and three sex-obsessed young men is turned by Director Richard Lester into an energetic field day won by Rita Tushingham...
...kind words for Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles de Gaulle, and Goldwater supporters. "I think it's time that the Lawrence Welk people had their say," wrote O'Hara. "The Lester Lanin and Dizzy Gillespie people have been on too long. When the country is in trouble, like war kind of trouble, man, it is the Lawrence Welk people who can be depended upon...
Peering through the mayhem is Richard Lester, a director whose style perfectly fits the Beatles' humor--fast-moving, irreverent, surprisingly low key. Although no scene is more than a minute long, and the dialogue is always rapid, there's no tension, just excitement. Lester keeps you aware of the fun he's having in playing with colors, with camera angles, with special effects, and he keeps you interested not only in what the Beatles are going to do, but also in what he's going...
What makes The Knack fresh, of course, is Lester's verve. It is in fact so much a director's picture that characters tend to take precedence over performances. Yet the acting--by Rita Tushingham as Nancy, Ray Brooks as Tolen, Michael Crawford as Colin, and Donal Donnelly as Tom--is impeccable. And the dialogue, except for a bit of repetitiousness now and then, has the sound of dead-on improvisation. It all adds up to a cool, inventive, very funny film...