Word: perfecter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There is certainly no arguing over the quality of music in the film. Director Martin Scorsese's (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver) film is definitely worth seeing at least once, but somehow The Last Waltz comes up short. It is just a touch too self-conscious, a little bit too perfect in its staging and supposed spontaneity to be completely enjoyable...
...narcissism and petty flaws, however, The Last Waltz is a respectable film. One might argue that with subject material of that calibre, no one could go wrong. The film is far from perfect, but it pays a solid tribute to the timely end of The Band's spectacular career...
Outraged by what they describe as a "perfect mockery of justice," a group of Harvard Law School professors signed a petition sent last week to Moscow and the Soviet Embassy in Washington, denouncing the conviction of Soviet physicist Yuri Orlov who was found guilty last week in Moscow of "anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda...
Tugboat Captain Glenn McDonald was lost in the dense fog shrouding Florida's Escambia Bay last week when he saw a National Airlines 727 jet make a "perfect landing" in the water 300 yards away. "Oh, my God! Look what's over there!" he yelled, and in moments he and his lone crew member were scooping up 55 survivors. Because of their quick action, only three others drowned. Weather was probably a factor in the misplaced landing; visibility in the Pensacola, Fla., area was close to the required one-mile minimum, and three Eastern Airlines pilots diverted...
Like many people her age, Mae has a perfect memory for the distant past, but yesterday she can scarcely recall. Asked what she is working on now, she turns blankly to Novak, who tells her that she is working on a film version of her 1927 play, The Drag...