Word: ranker
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...elegant twists on, action films by otherwise-forgotten journeymen who were in no recognized sense auteurs; they were no-teurs. That's been a tonic corrective to the received wisdom about films: that, yes, there are still pearls worth diving for; you just have to look in ranker, more roiled waters. Hence, Vanishing Point's Richard Sarafian, and John Hough of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and a true indie daredevil, H.B. Halicki, who died during a stunt scene while shooting the sequel to Gone in 60 Seconds...
...central and terrible that the run of playwrights would neither care nor dare to attempt it. It reveals the tragedy of a typical American who loses out by trying too hard to win out; it chronicles the propless failure born of the worship of success ... Now a solid front-ranker among young U.S. playwrights, Arthur Miller took last week's success with caution. WHEN A FRIEND SAID THAT HE HAD 'ARRIVED,' MILLER PROTESTED: 'YOU NEVER ARRIVE, REALLY. There's always the next one ... Anybody in this business who thinks he's an expert is kidding himself.' A lanky, relaxed...