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...most disappointing aspect of the movie is that it avoids dealing with the tragedy and passes over distasteful episodes. In the book by Robert Crichton an American lands in the village after jumping from Odessa Darling, a B-24. He jumps out of disgust at the bombing of a village of civilians by the pilot of Odessa Darling, who attacks in order to get rid of his bombs before returning to base. Perhaps Kramer thought this episode would ruin our fun by reminding us of Vietnam. I think it is vital to giving the book its depth. Kramer leaves...
This individuality, which was both Babel's genius and his death warrant, comes through best in his tales of old Odessa. In them, Chekhov's melancholy, Maupassant's detachment and Gogol's grotesque wit seem to fuse into the unmistakable Babel voice. It is a voice that can be heard most simply and clearly in You Must Know Everything, the title story of the collection. Considered to be his earliest known fiction, the story was discovered in manuscript and published in the Soviet Union...
...typical autobiographical Babel childhood story, the reader slips into the author's atmosphere of old Odessa as if it were a familiar coat. Within a framework of shop-lined streets, savory meals and sturdy furnishings, the young narrator casually spins the tale of his grandmother, an embittered illiterate who urges her grandson to study hard and learn everything. To her, knowledge is not an instrument of discovery but a weapon of revenge that will bring the world to its knees...
...GEES: ODESSA (2 LPs; Atco). There is a nostalgic quality to these inventive, richly melodious ballads, which are sung earnestly, sometimes with a trifle too much vibrato. Sounding occasionally like a wholesome choir of Beatles, this Anglo-Australian quintet is sufficiently international to handle soft rock, country and Western, and songs that sound like folk even if they are not. But while this is their best album, the Bee Gees are sometimes swallowed alive by the lush harmonies of the singing strings in the background...
This scene on the Odessa steps is the most famous in the film, primarily for its innovations in editing. Time is enormously expanded here by inter-cutting between separate actions, an expansion that represents the psychological truth that for the people trapped on the steps these minutes while fleeing the Cossacks would be the most terrifying and the longest in their lives. The scene also demonstrates with great economy the ruthless, relentless nature of the Czarist forces. The cossacks marching methodically down the steps embody the absolute indifference of the Czar towards the people of Russia. The scene even shows...