Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pope in history. With an outstanding command of technique and a wealth of small mannerisms under perfect control, Alec McCowen displays Rolfe's narcissism and cunning, his insincerity, vulnerability and genuine religious obsession. His performance may well be one of the major theatrical events of the decade...
...SHAME. Ingmar Bergman's 29th film is a tonal allegory involving a nameless war, a broken marriage and existential doubt. The performances by such Bergman regulars as Max von Sydow and Gunnar Bjornstrand are letter-perfect, but Liv Ullman, newest member of the Bergman company, portrays the spectrum of feminine response with special brilliance...
...having problems; no, we are not perfect, but my God, we're trying. And pardon us, Mr. Disney, but Mickey Mouse...
...like fighting for a deck chair on the Titanic." ∙∙∙ As it circled lightly over the R.A.F. field at Bassingbourn, the tiny, single-engine trainer looked dwarfed by the huge jet bombers at the base. But the bright red Chipmunk craft nonchalantly settled to a perfect landing and taxied over to a hangar. There, a crowd of R.A.F. officers raised a cheer. Out of the plane stepped Britain's Prince Charles, flashing a broad grin. After 14 hours of instruction, the 20-year-old heir to the throne had logged his first solo flight and was well...
...turn, like saying 'uh huh' or laughing at what he says, to show that he is having his turn. You must also refrain from saying anything that really matters to you as a human being, as it would be regarded as an embarrassing intimacy." A near-perfect example of duologue is the televiewer, transfixed by that mesmeric eye. A truly perfect duologue would be two TV sets tuned in and facing each other...