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...Seven Samurai. Akira Kurosowa's Japanese masterpiece (1954) about mixing of mental and physical skill to win battles in 16th century Japan. Film Odyssey, 8:30 Feb. 11. Channel...
Rabbit, Run was a quest; its sequel is a psychic Odyssey. Rabbit ran from a variety of constricting consequences only to be thrust into quiet Eisenhower-era oblivion. This older Harry (rarely "Rabbit" now except in conscience) plays the same role in all the conflicts he's involved in. He changes internally more than the earlier Rabbit ever did; in Redux, he learns to live his life with a higher degree of consciousness...
...work is little short of a 20th Century Odyssey, with every conceivable metaphoric cultural transformation. The most striking of which is perhaps from the Homeric balladeer to an eclectic, electric band of gypsies. Listen to the story of Casady, Kesey and the Merry Pranksters on their transcontinental trip--set into a musical creation of elegant turbulence. Most important, the music, Listen. They don't just play it. They create it. Give birth. And the musical communication involved is ineffably complex...
Driving the 1,340 miles of Highway 95 from New York to Florida is at best a tiresome two-night, nine-meal trek. It costs about $150 for a group of four. But thousands of vacationers continue to make the grim odyssey rather than opt for relatively cheap air flights, for the simple reason that a Florida holiday virtually demands an automobile, and rentals there during peak seasons are prohibitive...
...began, some said, more as a campaign for the vice-presidency than as a quest for the highest office in the land. When it ended last week beneath the crystal chandeliers of the cavernous Senate Caucus Room, the most that could be said for the brief, improbable presidential odyssey of Birch Bayh was that it had come close to being second best. As one of the Indiana Senator's aides put it: "In some of the polls, we were everybody's second choice...