Word: maud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Another famed director, Eric Rohmer, will be at the Brattle tomorrow night (Friday) in a fundraiser for the French Library in Boston. He will present his 1969 film, My Night at Maud's [Ma Nuit Chez Maud], and will probably discuss his latest work, Perceval (which will open in several weeks at the Welles). You may recall Claire's Knee and Chloe in the Afternoon, both of which dealt with sex and sexual fantasy in surprisingly moralistic ways. Ma Nuit Chez Maud is one of the earlier films in this series--once again about a potentially romantic, sexual relationship that...
Last week, as bait for a British trade fair, Emett's incomparable Forget-Me-Not computer (it does everything but compute) drew wide-eyed throngs to Wanamaker's in Philadelphia. His Exploratory Moon-Probe Lunacycle MAUD, (Manually Assisted Universal ,Deviator), complete with Astrocat ("Since cats always land on their feet, she is carried to establish which way up gravity is"), is reverently ensconced in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. The Emett Vintage Car of the Future, dedicated to the Spirit of Future Retrogression, is installed at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry...
...Maude, in Rohmer's movie My Night at Maud's appeals to me because she lives out a seemingly unattainable fantasy. She's a physician, pretty jaded, about 35, who picks up men whenever she feels like it. I guess Rohmer made her jaded to excuse her jaded to excuse her waywardness. The discouraging (and conventional) catch to her (unconventional) way of life is that she's unhappy...
...search committee will include basketball co-captains Maud Wood and Sue Williams and a third member yet to be named. Haviland will be one person considered by the committee but "he is by no means the definite choice," Watson said...
...Nuit Chez Maud, 5:45, 9:45; The Cousins, 7:40, weekend...