Word: rapport
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...Library report, but they come a lot closer than Farber did. From the coy disclaimer of Daly's opening call for "improving dissemination of news--particularly but not exclusively good news" to the calm, reasoned reiteration with which Schmidt finishes up ("And, as I said before, I think that rapport is important to the accomplishment of his goals"), the memos sparkle with wit and good humor. Concentrating on the memos' recommendations--to make "conscious use" of Dean Rosovsky for presenting "controversial" ideas, to "keep the scholarly concerns in mind," to "continue to head off" Stephen S.J. Hall's "pronouncements...
...abrasively honest. His impact is like a blast of air rushing in and out of the insulated corridors of Washington's secretive institutions. On a story, he goes day and night: tousle-haired, tie askew, he searches out sources high and low, working the phone, visiting homes, establishing rapport-often among junior staffers-and furiously scratching notes (he does not use a tape recorder...
...said before, I think that rapport is important to the accomplishment of his goals...
...admirable. Mosca has a certain half-smile that he can turn into a scowl as easily as a self-congratulatory smirk. Although his rages somehow seem more passionate than Napoleon probably was, the whole play seems to support that kind of style. After all, Shaw needed to build a rapport between Napoleon and the audience so he could get in his good lines about the English...
...stage directions, but except when Johan first leaves Marianne the passions are too strong for what's happening. The screenplay seems just good enough to make small, slippery claims on the audience's emotion; of course, it does much more. Partly, this happens because of the unusual rapport between Bergman and his actors, particularly Liv Ullman. It seems as if her emotions would be moving even if grounded in nothing at all. Sven Nykvist's photography, that normally adds so much to the metaphysical quality of Bergman's moods, is simplified in this film for the small TV screen...