Word: odd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...odd thing is that Columbia does not entirely evoke the romance of the future either. The nature of its promise is mixed, since part of its immediate purpose is to sprinkle the void with whirling gizmos, including a couple of spies. Yet the other side of its promise is shimmering. Only astronauts operating from a space shuttle could create the ferris wheel depicted in 2001, could build a celestial city within and against the dark...
...odd child-parent pattern of the Reagan family, Ron's decision to marry suddenly with barely a last-minute word to his folks is perfectly traditional. It is widely known that Ron's parents have not managed to see a single ballet performance of their son, who is clearly very good, having been selected to the Joffrey second company, and is their son nonetheless. Ron talks of his parents with much affection. But these absences are strange and go back a ways...
...ranch he can be free?not "on" to audiences. The only odd thing in the picture is that such a loner would choose to give his life to lines of work that demand continuous performance...
...course, dear Angela, all seem enthusiastic about putting their slightly thickened selves on public display so that older members of the audience can check their memories of what once was with what now is, and youngsters can peer quizzically at their parents and speculate on the basis for such odd enthusiasms...
...rather more strained than one expects from a Christie story. In the adaptation there are, as well, a number of loose ends left flapping about. Guy Hamilton's direction is languid, and, perhaps because of budgetary reasons, both the backgrounds of scenes and the sound track have an odd emptiness about them, a deadness that suggests there was not enough money to fill them up with suitably enlivening bustle and buzz...