Word: rafelsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...virtues of this rich, contradictory work. Smith, a resourceful performer, has to work solely with her face; she does not get much aid from the script. Nor does Nicholson. Is Robert running away from excellence, or from the fear of failure? In one long pan, Producer-Director Bob Rafelson tries to supply an answer. Robert plays a Chopin prelude in an attempt to seduce his brother's protégée (Susan Anspach). Up moves the camera to a wall of pictures. There are the young siblings, smiling, optimistic, untouched. On an adjacent wall, the children are grown...
...film's least reliable contribution comes from Rafelson, a creator of TV's Monkees. When he is working with Robert's family, he shows a thorough understanding of the tragedy that resides in love. But he is capable of making the hardhats a mere composite of beer and bowling balls. As if to give the other side unequal time, he grossly carves his intellectuals...