Word: patheticism
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The sounds of Manhattan are far more fascinating to Schwartz than the echo of an Indian sitar. In addition to New York IQ (covering the sounds of Manhattan postal district 19, from the Plaza Hotel to the West Side docks), he has released The New York Taxi Driver (Columbia) and...
Pork Chop Hill (Melville; United Artists). Silent over the battlefield hang the stars of a clear spring night. Suddenly a loudspeaker, shockingly close, blares among the forward positions: "WELCOME TO THE MEAT GRINDER!" The U.S. infantrymen, slogging up the lower slopes of Pork Chop Hill in central Korea, skip a...
Even now, their collaboration was strictly limited. Using mostly her own company and appearing herself in the leading role, Choreographer Graham presented the last struggles of Mary Queen of Scots to Webern's expansive Passacaglia, Opus i, Six Pieces, Opus 6. The work detailed Mary's discard of...
There is no good reason to slip on down to the Brattle this week; any book would be easier going. The Red and the Black deals exam period diversion a death blow. Claude Autant-Lara has allowed himself to be carried away with the pathetic figure of a poor downtrodden...
The acting throughout Rebel is of the highest caliber, and Dean receives a great deal of support from Jim Backus as the pathetic father trying to fulfill his son's image of him. The family scene following the chickie run is a great example of high-pitched acting at its...