Word: magic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...caught in a difficult situation. It has to abandon its old function of professional training, which has been taken on by graduate schools, and find a new role for itself in American society. That the college will have a role is inevitable. The American people are convinced of the magic of a college education, and will continue to make it part of the life pattern for their sons and daughters...
Burton gets little chance to display his acting. Instead of watching the deterioration of a gentleman and a scholar, we are treated to a tedious string of ghouls and black magic, hot and voluptuous women--all of which loses any excitement after the first half-hour...
...film never explains much at all. It begins at the beginning with Faustus getting his doctorate in divinity. All his friends cheering--and then comes the sinister part. Two nefarious characters have set up a little magic booth on the side of the street. They mutter--very ominously--"Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin to sound the depth of that thou wilt profess...
HENRIK: My Master Builder is a man of magic. He mounts the highest peaks of human existence and calls out to god. They have made of him a real estate salesman! This John Williams...
Posters outside these three theatres make good reading even for weekend windowshoppers. There are glossy stills from the films--mostly nude women with their breasts and bottoms blacked out with magic marker. This proves to be somewhat misleading, since in the picture these same parts remain covered with panties and pasties, but most regular viewers eventually catch on to the trick...