Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Because of Le Bal's unusual nature, generalizations about its overall quality are difficult to make. While the experimental technique of omitting dialogue is both intriguing and at points highly effective, it often makes the film seem nothing more than a piece of art for art's sake. That Le Bal is, both conceptually and visually, a work of art is unquestionable. That its artistic value alone merits two hours of screen time for what ought to have been a 30-minute production is something only each individual can determine...
...thought crime is to be a legitimate charge (and so far, nothing else has been charged) then, for God's sake. let's lock up everyone who ever advocated the violent overthrow of the United States government-- and everyone out there who ever mumbled about wishing Reagan had been killed had better turn yourselves in to the Though Police This goes as well for women who advocate burning down the Pi Eta building...
...dangerous than his jabs at Congressional democrats, however, is the assault on the very structure of American democracy implicit in Reagan's speech. Besides challenging the concept of separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. Reagan would suppress all public opposition to his policies for the sake of maintaining our credibility abroad. The President is right to underscore the potentially positive impact of outward unity in international negotiations, but he goes too far in asking for a blank check both from Congress and from the American public...
Religion and government are two mighty forces that the founders of the American Republic decided must be kept separate for the sake of a free society. But the intricate relationship between church and state has never ceased to inflame public debate. Last week that dispute, involving all three branches of the Federal Government, rose to perhaps its highest pitch in two decades...
...work in Jerusalem. It is as "modern" as anything touted in the architectural magazines, yet disciplined by the unique constraints of traditional stone, traditional arches and domes, and tight, medieval alleys, stairways and interior courts. Constraints, it seems, free true creativity, in sharp contrast to originality for its own sake. But only 5½% of the total population live in the Old City. The rest live in old residential districts or new communities built on the nearby hills...