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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cast--and dialogue--are international enough to put Cafe Pamplona to shame. Oleg Yankovsky plays a Russian poet named Gortchakov, who is in Italy to write a book about a 17th-century composer, Gortchakov is accompanied by an interpreter, Eugenia (Domiziana Giordano). Like Fellini, another comsummate stylist, Tarkovsky seems to have chosen his cast primarily for their visual qualities--particularly Giordano, who has the Surrealist-Madonna looks to complement the Surrealist-pastoral scenery forming the backbone of this film...

Author: By Hanne-marie Maijala, | Title: Gorgeous Pictures, Little Else | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

Responding to these changes, Meselson said. "It's a shame to see Mirocha lower himself to ad hominum attacks...

Author: By Michael J. Adramowttz, | Title: Prof Renews Yellow Rain Controversy | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...willing to give you up to 375 colones to the dollar instead of the official rate of 250 colones; and the Pacific beaches along Costa Del Sol--with its gnarly surfing at La Libertdad--and Barra de Santiago to the South of San Salvador put Lauderdale and Nauset to shame...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: An Unlikely Tourist Spot | 3/22/1984 | See Source »

...press's critics. "For too long now," said one letter writer, "the news media have run helter-skelter past reasonable boundaries of responsible reporting, disrupting the lives and privacy of individuals and jeopardizing the security of this nation." TIME itself was not exempt from the general condemnation ("Shame on you for a cover story devoid of any mention of TIME gaffes and insensitivities"), though some readers praised the magazine for tackling the issue headon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 12, 1984 | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

...ordinary person, of course, does not need a philosopher, conservative or otherwise, to tell him why he wants to run pornography out of his neighborhood. It cheapens and demeans. Even though he may occasionally be tempted by it, that temptation is almost invariably accompanied by a feeling of shame and a desire to shield his children from the fleshy come-ons of the magazine rack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Pornography Through the Looking Glass | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

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