Word: roomed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russian universities, student living quarters are grouped by faculties, and the Azraels had a room in the section of the skyscraper assigned to the economics faculty. "At no time were we Americans treated as a delegation," Azrael says. "We lived relatively normal graduate student lives...
...went there as scholars, not with a crusading approach. We were not interested in engaging in long political debates. For the most part, we had a chance to meet people naturally, in their homes or in our room at the university. There were of course some people who could not look at us as anything but Americans, but usually we could form a normal pattern of friendship...
Technically, though, Room at the Top never misses a trick. The camera work is thoughtful, even analytic. Its insistence on detail provides much of the film's bite. By carefully modulating the differences between slum and castle, the sets manage to avoid an old cliche and interject a new point, that all is mediocrity. The visual suggestions of the set contribute importantly to the story, making the desire for "room at the top" ironic...
...movie's theme is mediocrity, the presentation of its moral is not. Room at the Top stands out as a careful and compelling use of the film medium. It tells its story with knowledgeable skill...
Berenson's sharp eye for a genuine masterpiece served him well as he built up the large art collection that now fills his 40-room Settignano mansion. The contents of this villa, most of which have been willed to Harvard, include an extensive library of about 80,000 volumes on art, religion, and history as well as the art collection...