Word: pseudo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film being shown for the first time commercially in the United States now, is a derivative, incoherent, flamboyant yet unemotional film that would deserve little mention were it not made by the same man who made Last Tango in Parish and a possibly greater film, The Conformist (1970). Its pseudo-political content, called "Marxist" by Bertolucci, is puerile at best. And there is no way to classify Partner with some sweeping phrase: even the most taxonomic of critics would have to allot a special hole for this quirky film. Partner is interesting only because it accents Bertolucci's weaknesses...
...refer to the Devil, demonic possession and exorcism as subjects that "would have embarrassed thinking Roman Catholics." Why? They may have bothered pseudo sophisticates, but not believing Catholics. It is a matter of definition: a Catholic is one who subscribes to "these and all the truths which the Roman Catholic Church teaches" and not one who believes selectively...
...LIVE AND LET DIE, Wings. Two in August. Even worse than "My Love." The Beatles' "Long and Winding Road" was a clue to the saccharine pseudo-melodies McCartney would write after leaving the group...
Merle, a Frenchman who teaches English at the Sorbonne, is shrewd in his development of Comte as a benevolent Machiavellian. To counter a marauding band armed with a bazooka, Comte sets about re-creating the art of war. To deal with a neighboring town of survivors ruled by a pseudo priest named Fulbert, Comte recovers the art of diplomacy and the balance of power...
SUNDAY: The Boston Stranger. 1968. The ABC network broadcast of this sensationalistic pseudo-documentary is being blacked-out in Boston by the local affiliate which is showing "The Comic" starring Dick Van Dyke. For real Tony Curtis freaks, channel 9 in Manchester, N.H., is sometimes accessible in Boston with an antenna. 8:30 p.m. Color...