Word: schmaltz
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...director David Garlock, working with half a dozen orchestrators and a fine 21-member orchestra, has shined up the original score with some fairly sophisticated arrangements that owe more to modern classical music than to Hollywood. But these changes are never pretentious and the orchestra can rip into genuine schmaltz when it's called...
Lynn Chang, Stephen Hammer, Richard Yoder, and Yo-Yo Ma were the the soloists in Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante in B flat. Lynn Chang glowed in the limelight, playing the violin with just the right amount of youthful schmaltz, giving the entire piece energy and impulse. In their lesser roles, Richard Yoder's bassoon, Stephen Hammer's oboe, and Yo-Yo Ma's cello blended beautifully...
...invincibility as a politician-they have no doubt that he will win in November. But they enjoy his human fallibilities as well. George, they say, has a "corny sense of humor" that causes them to groan more than laugh. They also imply his taste in movies runs to schmaltz: he has seen Doctor Zhivago six times, they claim. Ann in particular worries that in spite of his morning exercises ("jumping jacks") and his nightly bowl of Wheaties, Father George "has a tendency to be too thin...
...Relevant Schmaltz. Controls of any sort grate on the American spirit, and the controls in Phase II will have to be endured for a long time. Nixon promised an eventual return to free markets. "We are not going to make controls a permanent feature of American life," he said. But he carefully did not specify any termination date. Connally insists that the restraints will hang on until "we have erased from the minds of people the idea that they are living in a society where there is going to be nothing but continuing inflation...
...story-line concerns the way the filming overlaps (and interferes) with their lives. Burke maintains a strict flatness of characterization (for better thematic manipulation) with actors who play to the camera rather than to each other and remain generally inexpressive (for avoiding existential schmaltz) in dramatic situations. Strangely, however, he chooses to resolve the conflicts the film has built up theoretically, on this, the fictional level, with a lovers' quarrel over the public exploitation of images. This limited (and counter-productive) issue of personal privacy dominates the last part of the film, neglecting political answers to the problems...