Word: restraints
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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MIDNIGHT COWBOY. A Texas drifter and a Bronx loner provide the nucleus of an unusual moving picture about love among the loveless. John Schlesinger (Darling) directs Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman with a restraint that is often missing from the script...
...blunders or "over-reactions." Unlike John Kennedy, he has not had a Bay of Pigs in his first six months. Unlike Lyndon Johnson, he has not had a Dominican Republic. While he did nothing at all when the North Koreans shot down a U.S. airplane, killing 31 men, his restraint was well-advised...
...free (it's constantly filled, for example, with romantic music), and therefore like the heroes of Ophuls' early films. But Ophuls' static one-shots emphasize the separateness of the two lovers. Large objects in these shots' foregrounds express their estrangement. The characters' harmonious existence depends now entirely on their restraint, their good taste (Lizst, for example, being a musician). There is no exuberant, graceful triumph over surroundings; the first time a character moves freely through the setting is when Lola walks through the empty room Lizst has left...
...Boston, Knowles reacted with unanticipated restraint-especially since he had threatened to write an expose about the affair if rejected, and had never minced words about his bitter feelings over the delay. After absolving Finch, he suggested that the political activities of the A.M.A.-of which he is a member -should be investigated. As for the President, the doctor said: "I think that President Nixon has maintained his political integrity, and if he has had to meet certain promises and debts made during his campaign, I think that it is only fair that he should...
...accept the prestigious but politically insensitive Ministry of Defense. Then the President put together a Cabinet to his own taste, composed of twelve Gaullists and seven members of the independent right and center parties. It faithfully reflects Pompidou's desire for a more moderate foreign policy, fiscal restraint, and possibly a harder line on student dissent. The five...