Word: mavin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...public a finished film with the same care and thoughtfulness with which we began it." Within 24 hours, from his arrival in New York with the unseen film to his decision to withdraw and recut it, Cimino had gone from Heaven to Hell. And from nearly every movie mavin came the cackle of contumely: the arrogant director had committed career harakiri...
...entries in his list book, America's Best! 100 (Sterling; $9.95), range from airports (Tampa, of course) to zoos (San Diego, naturally). In between, he roves entertainingly, and often eruditely, through such recondite subjects as octopus-ink paintings, spumoni fudge and specialty cement. For the list mavin with less esoteric tastes, Luongo offers his verdicts on the best available wines, foods, hotels, shops and salmon waters, as well as just about everything else enlistable from banana ice cream to bouillabaisse, pizza to personal submarines, johnnycakes to jogging roller skates...
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