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...Ride a Pale Horse, Maclnnes...
...Mondale camp, the rehearsals were much less like a debate. Looking relaxed in blue jeans and a pale blue shirt, the Democrat stood behind a podium in the dining room of his Washington home. Michael Severn, president of Columbia University and one of Mondale's former law professors at the University of Minnesota, usually played the President. At other times Aaron or Senior Adviser Richard Leone was the Reagan standin. Mondale would repeat some answers four times, refining his phrasing and gestures. The sessions were filmed and then critiqued. Said one Mondale adviser: "It's like a graduate seminar being...
...life. Seeing his desire for "radical" color confirmed in the actual landscape gave him confidence. It affected even those paintings in which no landscape occurs, like the self-portrait of Vincent with a shaved head, gazing not at but past the viewer with an intensity (conferred by the unearthly pale malachite background) that verges on the radioactive...
...work harder. Still, when they landed last Tuesday, Soviet television showed them looking tired, with dark circles under their eyes. The most alert and healthy-looking was Atkov, a cardiologist who had kept close watch on the condition of his crewmates. Mission Commander Kizim and Engineer Solovyev looked pale and haggard, but happy to be home. "We feel well," insisted Kizim, lying back in a chair...
Helen Mirren and John Lynch play their roles with a great deal of sensitivity. Mirren is attractively demure, suitably drained of spirit, and reluctant to connect with the people about her. Lynch's pale, emaciated body, his sallow face with long unkempt hair, and his silent dejected look combine to create a continual haunting presence. Donal McCann, as Cal's father, contributes to the most moving moments in the film (those scenes between father and son that intersperse and intensify the story...