Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was a time in Williams' career when he thought of himself as a disciple of D.H. Lawrence, so it is probably no accident that the opening paragraph of Lady Chatterley's Lover should share some of the mood of Streetcar...
...most part takes place apart from developments like war outside the smaller universe of human emotions the director builds for his story. The tennis players, most of them Jews, are welcomed into the grounds because of their exclusion from the Ferrara tennis club under the new "Jewish laws." Their mood is carefree, nevertheless, and is echoed by that of their hosts, the blond ice-maiden Micol (Dominique Sanda), and her sickly brother Alberto (Helmut Berger). Among their guests are Giorgio (Lino Capolicchio), a childhood friend, and Malnate (Fabio Testi), a gentile visitor from Milan. Wrinkling her nose at Malnate...
...question is whether he can establish his square stance with what he calls an "uncertain, uneasy, concerned America." He is trying to catch a political mood that he believes to be in the air-a centrist, have-faith-in-America mood that is not unlike the one that so often is evoked by President Nixon. Even in Key West the verities of home were not too far away. Grabbing Jackson by the shoulder, Navy Quartermaster Bill Morrison told him: "Look, Senator, Dad and I waterproofed your basement back home in Everett. I think you're coming through loud...
Much of the entertainment contributes to the mood. An early featured movie was the original version of Stagecoach, starring a youthful John Wayne. The ship's closed circuit TV system shows reruns of Ensign O'Toole and Burke's Law. In the main lounges at night, small bands play a lot of tangos and waltzes. There is a discotheque with hotter music, but its floor is often deserted...
While the mood of Old Prague comes through on some of the pages, much of the book bears out Kafka's own statement form the Conversations that "Photography concentrates one's eye on the superficial. For that reason it obscures the hidden life...One can't catch that even with the sharpest lens...