Word: pans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...author's seriocomedies, The Blood of the Lamb and Reuben, Reuben. In Decency, Conn., a favorite De Vries setting, the commuters and their wives clown around on the wall-to-wall carpeting but hear the steady drumming of eternity on the roof. In Pocock pipes of Pan playing tunes of innocence drown out the ravings of a street-corner Jeremiah. With sin and guilt suspended, the book lacks the touch of tragic relief that has made De Vries a top banana of the Calvinist comedy hour...
...little doubt that the U.S. would have continued its domination of men's track events as well as taking several medals in the long jump, discus, shot-put and pole vault. American women rank among the world's fastest in the sprints, but a hamstring injury to Pan Am Games Champion Evelyn Ashford undermined U.S. hopes. Eastern Europeans would, as always, have car ried away most of the medals in distance and field events...
...PAN OUT: To reveal the countryside once again, rows and rows of corn and other delectable green things that, presumably, have already been sprayed for bugs...
...because it reminded me of my own childhood fantasies. During three days of talks, Lucas told me that what he wanted to do in the Star Wars series was to create a 'classic children's tale,' so the assignment suited me fine: I still like Peter Pan and Snow White. My older brother read L. Frank Baum's Oz stories to me when I was little, and I intend to read them to my son when he is old enough...
...little attempt to translate aspects of the novel into cinematic language. While Grass' imagination provides an exciting and titillating narrative, Scholondorff only steers his camera earnestly through each sequence, giving Oskar's war-time charades a warm, personal gloss. Schlondorff's Oskar is little Oskar, a cruel, manipulative Peter Pan who ultimately leaves his Never-never land. He is not Grass' Oskar: a mad, visionary historian vaging a wide, wild war on history...