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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems that Reviewer Christopher Porterfield went to the film Don Giovanni [Nov. 26] with a preconceived notion of how it should be played-with an emphasis on the lighter side. This is, of course, a perfectly valid interpretation. However, Joseph Losey chose to look at the dark side of Don Giovanni. You must remember that this work, with its terribly ambiguous juxtaposition of good and evil, is open to as many interpretations as there are productions...
...descendants of German and Scotch-Irish immigrants who cleared and settled their way across Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Indiana, out onto the prairie. If you are talking history in McLean County, you are talking about a place that has achieved its destiny, and now has time for a backward look. The traveler discovers the pathos of the conquest of the prairie sod, and romance in the development of hybrid corn by the Funk Brothers Seed...
...threat of imminent trials capped a week in which the Carter Administration waged a fierce campaign to focus the world's attention on the hostages, hoping that this might help to ensure their safety. Explained a top Administration official: "We are trying to say, 'Look, world, nobody has seen the hostages. We don't know what is happening to them.' " Vice President Walter Mondale complained that "even prisoners of war are guaranteed certain standards of human treatment, but these standards are being dragged in the dirt." Rosalynn Carter voiced the same refrain in campaign appearances...
...members of the cast try to play their parts as people ten years older than we remember them. But even though they look older, and sound older, and try to appear older in terms of the quality of their voices, the maturity which develops with age is just not there. In fact, Kirk seems to have lost his maturity instead...
...exhibition isn't only photos, and clearly not all the photos are of Beckett. There are some very good stills from his plays, which make for more revealing and impressive stills than most. Take a look...