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...easiest book to translate into film," says director Iain Softley of Henry James's The Wings of the Dove. Ring one up for the classic literary under-statement of the year. The notoriously dense late-Jamesian style, elliptical dialogue, and near-obsessive concentration on internal thoughts and consciousness guarantee an uphill battle in achieving upper-end-mainstream/borderline elite moviegoer appeal. Softley and screen-writer Hossein Amini have succeeded in crafting an intensely physical adaptation that takes enough sweeping liberties and simplifications to make James scholars cringe or shrug, but retains sufficient subtlety and sensitivity to be dramatically compelling...
...demanding role," says Iain Softley, the film's director, "because Kate does dark things and yet she has to be sympathetic." At 31, Bonham Carter is up to the challenge, physically and technically. She is, for a start, fully ravishing now. Her dramatic coloring--black eyes, ivory skin--is splashed on a tauter canvas. Maturity has made her chipmunk cheeks swankly concave, allowing her, as Kate, to mull her plotting as if it were a fine port. Bonham Carter has always had the intense stare of a schoolgirl over her maths, but now her face is filled with midnight radiance...
...with the big players for a while, but his influence was primarily ancillary--not to mention cynical and pandering to the nth degree. Morris' gimmickry does not address the real concerns of the people. Voters will cast their ballots on decisive pocketbook issues, just as they always do. JEFF SOFTLEY Los Angeles...
...with the Fair Deal; Reagan and Bush gave us special deals for the wealthy and secret deals with arms-for-hostages. The American people are tired of deals. Americans want a guiding principle that says "Hard work deserves fair rewards" to shape our leaders' and nation's agenda. JEFF SOFTLEY Los Angeles...
These symptoms are common among artists,according to Linda J. Softley, educator at thePoison Control Center in Boston. "We also haveinquiries from artists who get sick from oilpaints and from the hydrocarbons in theturpentine," she said...