Word: ones
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President's Committee to Study United States Military Assistance Programs--said the American government should assist other countries, upon request, in establishing population control programs. The second report, issued by the Department of State, emphasized the political repercussions of over-population: "Raid populations growth may prove to be one of the greatest obstacles to economic and social progress and the maintenance of political stability in many of the less developed areas of the world...
...keep its schedule a routine instead of a tough one, the varsity's key swimmers in the remaining events must improve enough to win, not simply place. The schedule easily permits this, however, with over a month before the next meet...
...love, and sorrow that is the film's best quality. It is interesting to note, too, that they are a most ordinary looking lot, as the most complex individuals. But here, the actors make an effort to keep their characterizations on the proletarian level called for in the script. One believes that Valentina Telegina (who looks, incidentally, like a peasant mother symbol) is an uncomplicated woman devoted to her family and not bothered by the "greater things" taking place around...
Perhaps the main flaw in the film is the direction, the joint venture of Lev Kulijanov and Yakov Siegel. Although it is supposed to be a continuous story, the movie emerges as a series of different episodes--each one ending with a fade-out that lingers too long on a symbol. This effort at realistic symbolism fails because it is not consistent throughout the film. As soon as the viewer realizes that there will only be a symbol before every fade-out the imagery becomes obvious and uninteresting. The direction lacks subtlety and the camera work is fairly pedestrian...
...one judges from this film, proletarian life in Soviet Russia seems to be the same as working class life in the U.S. (At least in their movie version). There is none of the sordidness that is found in Italian and French realist movies. But simple creatures, who are happy or sad according to the external conditions of their lives aren't very extraordinary. This Russian attempt at a Paddy Chayevsky "slice of life" story is not very exciting...