Word: sentimentales
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nations and wars are too complex for such simplism. Hearts and Minds discounts those who were genuinely confused or frightened by Communism, and who were being used by McCarthy and his cohort. It minimizes or patronizes those for whom patriotism was more than the fatuous wearing of a flag in...
The film makers were at pains to include footage in which Joplin talks about "feeling good." She comes off like Little Miss Good vibes, a wild flower of the love generation who wilted for reasons unspecified. Far worse than being merely sentimental, Janis is dishonest, dishonoring her talent by dismissing...
In stepping down as party chief, Heath is not abandoning politics. He will retain his seat in Commons and will serve as the Conservatives' chief pro-Common Market spokesman in the national referendum that Wilson plans to hold before the end of June. Behind the scenes, Heath will be...
Murder on the Orient Express emphasizes the sentimental aspects of the Agatha Christie novel it's based on. It presents no layer of cynicism to be penetrated, the kind of tough-minded shell Bogart provided to make sure the final pill wasn't too sweet to swallow. The moral situation...
The view of life Fellini takes in Amarcord may be partly excused because it is a self-confessed sentimental journey home, its lesson modified by the cruel world of Roma and the stark heroic drama of Satyricon. Fellini's achievement, in Satyricon, of a coherent interpretation of the ancient classical...