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...FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST Directed by MILOS FORMAN Screenplay by LAWRENCE HAUBEN and BO GOLDMAN
Published in 1962, Ken Kesey's novel One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest was one of the chief literary contributions to the prevailing cultural mood of the '60s. But unlike so many popular artistic and intellectual productions of that era, the book may have the capacity to outlive its historical moment. In telling the story of Randle McMurphy and the brief, abortive rebellion which he organized in an insane asylum, Kesey demonstrated a tough-minded understanding of the subtleties of revolutionaries and revolutions...
THIS MERCHANT OF VENICE is prime evidence for the view that Shakespeare should be produced on stage as a necessary adjunct to classroom study. The text appears to be a mare's nest of incompatible themes and emotional effections, careening from Shylock's tragedy to Bassanio's comedy to Antonio's romance. But in a good production--and the Loeb mainstage production is a very good production indeed--these problems are reconciled in performance...
Marlene Dietrich rejuvenated? No, the net stockings and tux belong to Swiss-born Actress Marthe Keller, 29, whose comedy role in Le Guêpier (The Hornet's Nest) casts her as an entertainer who has Dietrich's looks but none of her talent. With almost a dozen European films to her credit, Keller has now begun her first American movie, Marathon Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier. How do her new co-stars compare with the likes of Italy's Marcello Mastroianni and France's Yves Montand"? "It's a question of geography...
Responsible leaders of the Peronist movement privately-and sometimes publicly-admit that they have not much time to get Argentina's house in order. Victorio Calabro, governor of Buenos Aires province, stirred up a hornet's nest of recrimination recently when he declared: "We won't make it to [the national elections hi] '77 if we go on this way." Even Mrs. Perón's closest adviser, Angel F. Robledo, who as Interior Minister emerged as the new strongman during her absence, admits as much. "It doesn't matter who is interim President...