Word: patheticism
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Through this underworld Pacino stalks like a panther. He carries memories of earlier performances (the bantam bombast of Dog Day Afternoon, the nervous belt tugging from American Buffalo, the crook'd arm from his Broadway Richard III), but creates his freshest character in years. There is a poetry to...
TOWARDS the end of his Star 80 review Vincent Canby of the New York Times wrote, "The story of Dorothy Stratten is pathetic, but only another Playboy model might find it tragic." Anyone who sees the movie will detect the narrowness of his statement. During the last scene, when Dorothy...
Your article "Pitting Brother Against Brother," about the strike at the Phelps Dodge copper mine in Morenci, Ariz. [Oct. 3], makes me sad. It is pathetic to think that someone earning $26,000 a year would go on strike against a company that has been generous but is now in...
Artistically, the company already seems secure. The first four productions, although they tend toward the conventional and ingratiating, all have a high gloss, especially in design. Phillips and Phillip Silver have created a standing set: a streamlined, frame-and-window contraption that can look like a temple, a skyscraper or...
Pszonisk creates a character as compelling as Depardieu's. His Robespierre is racked by doubts from the start jealous of Danton's popularity and power, yet willing to sacrifice all for the revolution. Pszonisk's careful acting and studied manmannarisms, as well as his fully convincing feverish fits of illness...