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Trained as a painter, Kurosawa got interested in the movies because they seemed to him unnecessarily stupid. Rashomon was his tenth picture, and since Rashomon he has produced a relentless succession of masterpieces. Seven Samurai (1954), considered by many the best action movie ever made, is a military idyl with a social moral: the meek shall inherit the earth-when they learn to fight for their rights. Ikiru (1952), Kurosawa's greatest work, describes the tragedy and transfiguration of a hopelessly ordinary man, a grubby little bookkeeper who does not dare to live until he learns he is going...
...unlikable as Cohn may have seemed, he was admired by many Americans as a relentless, even ruthless, anti-Communist investigator. He certainly had no stronger advocate than McCarthy, who called him "the most brilliant young fellow I've ever...
...Dreams are the onanism of the spirit." But the one thing everyone knows about dreams is that they are quite different from waking, and something is wrong if you can't tell which is which. This elementary error-either factual or esthetic-is persisted in over 274 relentless pages...
...sometimes discarded-dozens of other companies, concentrating on those that had good book values but needed more aggressive management. By familiarizing himself carefully with each company before he moves in, Simon usually impresses new associates with his knowledge and suggestions. He is still feared as a tough and relentless fighter by many who remember his earlier dealings, but those who deal with him nowadays often find the reputation larger than the reality. Simon likes to have his own way, but he also likes his associates to challenge him. His staff meetings often sound like a seminar of graduate students...
...fame and, thanks to national television, built himself a real political image. As chairman of a special Senate crime investigating committee, he dragged such diverse and unsavory characters as Greasy Thumb Guzik, Virginia Hill and Frank Costello into the bright lights for a classic lesson in morality. Gentle but relentless, Kefauver questioned them with painful sincerity, became to millions a pillar of log-cabin courage and small-town mores because of the contrast between his stolid ruggedness and the squirming, shifty-eyed hoodlums he confronted. From those hearings came no important legislation, few arrests, nothing very concrete. But his investigation...