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...embarrassing." He says that his output as a writer began to suffer the moment she appeared to him: "You've ruined my work from the start, with your utterly banal, pifflingly novelettish ideas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Prisoners of Gender | 9/6/1982 | See Source »

...free-fall parachuting should not obscure one fact: One from the Heart is also a movie. In any other case, and with no disrespect intended, one could say it is just a movie. No government will topple, no arms treaty will be aborted at the reception of this novelettish romance about a guy and a gal, together five years, who go on separate flings one Las Vegas Independence Day. But with the fate of Zoetrope Studios riding on this crapshoot, it may be difficult for audiences and critics to pay attention to what is on the screen. So imagine that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Surrendering to the Big Dream | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

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