Word: perfectible
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Condominium conversion, he claims, is a perfect example of liberal opportunism. "When the issue came before the council, liberals wanted to minimize condominium conversion because if they aren't converted there would be young students living in them who would vote liberal," Danehy charges. Needless to say, those who favor controls on conversions deny the motives ascribed to them...
...Columbia's stockholders happy. More important, Close Encounters offers proof, if any were needed, that Spielberg's reputation is no accident. His new movie is richer and more ambitious than Jaws, and it reaches the viewer at a far more profound level than Star Wars. The film is not perfect, but, like Stanley Kubrick's similar (if far chillier) 2001: A Space Odyssey, it uses science fiction thrills to seduce the audience into looking at the cosmos metaphysically. Close Encounters is, moreover, its creator's highly personal statement about mankind's next leap forward...
...element into the other. Norris is a brilliant Corday at first, but because she begins her part with too much tension, she has nowhere to go by the second half of the play. Persian rugs always include a mistake in the pattern, as the flaw that makes the whole perfect: the women may provide that flaw, since their emotional intensity does not seriously detract from the production, and underlines the cast's general ability to deal with the subtleties of Weiss's script...
...frustrated poet Pierre, also do their best with the weak script, while Stacy Stein shines as the unqualifiedly lecherous Archdeacon Frollo. Perhaps the best performance, though, comes from Fred Barton, who plays the politically slick hosier Jacques Coppenole. With a strong voice and an ingratiating smile, Barton is perfect for his role, and steals the show early on with a phenomenal Bert Parks imitation that highlights an ingenious parody of the Miss America pageant...
...latter, as those of you who follow the weekly Cube Predix surely know, was last week's guest selector. One of the conditions by which he agreed to make his picks public was that in the event of a perfect score, which is to say 4-0, I would mention his name in this week's column...