Word: motionful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...opening scene of Mr. Klein establishes the unforgettable obscenity of this horror. What is incredible is that the remainder of the film, which won prizes in France, sleazily exploits the viewer's dread and revulsion to keep in motion the stage machinery of a claptrap thriller...
...season and there's a solid chance for a four-way tie for the Ivy League championship. The last four-way tie I remember was in seventh grade in the waltz contest at Dick Champagne's Dancing School. I'm confused, so let's just shelve all those motion penalties for a second, okay...
...their obvious success, the actors in the Leverett production, like the philanthropists of the British middle class, pay a price. While their brisk delivery, faithful to the rhythms of dry British humor, works to maintain what is essentially a static play in lively motion, this fast-clipped pace skims over the surface of deeper meanings. Part of the problem here is built into the play itself which shows Eliza Doolittle before and after while leaving out the tranformation process. But part of the problem is Bloomfield's decision to emphasize the constraints of class rather than the human beings...
...sudden return to bona fide oblivion. Stallone is perfectly suited to the title role, but therein lies a double edged sword; try to picture Stallone in anything other than boxer's shorts, and you get the message. But Stallone did capture America's heart for one fleeting moment in motion picture history, and no subsequent bomb can ever take that away from him. While the corny script does wear on your nerves at times, the film is chock-full of can't-miss scenes, and Rocky might restore your dwindling faith that the Underdog still has a chance in this...
Costumes are appropriately early '60s-ish. The choreography, done by Patty Woo, lacks flair in the opening scene, but picks up for the musical numbers, which are staged with wit and aplomb, and the sprawling deaths of Roy and Larsen are limericks, if not poetry, in motion...