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...French integristes (conservatives) deeply fear that the reforming spirit of the council could lead to an accommodation with Communism. "We encounter Marxist infiltration at every step in our Christian lives," warns conservative French Novelist Michel de Saint Pierre. Liberal Catholics, by contrast, are convinced that the church must be "on the march"; they are eager to revive the worker-priests and "carry on a dialogue" with Marxism...
...patriot named Labiche, and Train slows to a crawl when he abruptly turns culture-conscious, exhorting his comrades in rah-team dialogue to risk their necks for art: "It's our national heritage-the glory of France!" To make Lancaster's accent less obtrusive, the voices of Michel Simon and other French conspirators are poorly dubbed into working-class Americanese. Scofield, a gaunt attention-getter in accented English, lends his conventional role some force. Jeanne Moreau, as the hardheaded innkeeper who helps Lancaster to relax between trains, has little to do and does it deftly...
...stars alone would have drawn a crowd on Broadway. The lawyers were Louis Nizer and Roy Cohn. The defendant was Millionaire Songwriter Alan Jay Lerner, 46, who was being sued by his wife Micheline, 37, in New York Supreme Court, for a separation settlement and custody of their son Michel, 6. But the lyrics were what really juiced up the show. Micheline testified that Lerner threatened to kill her, played around with other women and roused her at 5 a.m. by going out to get "shots"-"vitamins," he explained, merely vitamins, to help him write faster. Micheline said that...
...French Cabinet is debating whether it should impose firmer controls on the French economy. Influential former Premier Michel Debré is pressing for more controls; Pompidou and Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing argue for more free enterprise. Though the Gaullists see no compelling political reasons at the moment for relaxing the present unpopular controls, most Frenchmen are confident that relief will come later this year. Reason: the next French presidential election must be held by December, and De Gaulle will want his voters to be contented and prospering...
Godard muddles an already tricky narrative with personal mannerisms and outright irrelevancies. Brigitte Bardot is a sullen enigma as the wife, and Michel Piccoli as the husband is merely opaque. Hollywood's Jack Palance makes the producer seem to be none other than Jack Palance...