Word: rolander
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...French critic wryly called the first volume of De Gaulle's war memoirs, which appeared in 1954, "The Song of Roland written by Roland himself, with all that suggests of simplification and even of changing the facts." In Memoirs of Hope, written between De Gaulle's abdication in 1969 and his death 18 months later, the simplification and the changing of facts persist, but the blasts from Roland's horn have grown feebler...
MUCH to the consternation of their pressagents, many younger performers have made reticence about their personal lives a cardinal credo. One devout follower of the Garbo tenet is Flip Wilson, the subject of this week's cover story. When he first approached the comedian, Roland Flamini, our West Coast show business correspondent, "wondered if I'd even be able to snatch some conversation in the men's room." But Wilson slowly opened up to Flamini, particularly after the two were mobbed by a bunch of elderly women fans outside NBC's studios in Burbank. "Sharing...
...that has raged through so many other contemporary movies (Five Easy Pieces, Two-Lane Blacktop). The tennis player has a smashing girl friend (Maud Adams), who turns him on but threatens to tie him down. His career is lucrative but unfulfilling. Even when his beloved coach and manager (Gilbert Roland) dies, he is incapable of feeling much more than self-pity. So with characteristic cool, he embarks on a course of suicide...
...Roland's death is especially effective. The camera finds him lying in bed, pans over to pick up his clock radio switching on, continues slowly round the room, showing dozens of framed pictures that range over his past, then comes to rest again on him. He has not moved. The radio continues to play...
...still an incredibly important figure because of what he's been. He's not just a great painter. He's one of the towering figures of this century and all times. He goes along with Velásquez and Rubens." Demands Sir Roland Penrose: "What do people expect of a modern painter? Whenever painting of the image is considered, Picasso is of vital importance. His influence is not as strong as it was 20 years ago. But times and influences change. His will swing back...