Word: soldier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest film, A Soldier's Story, Jewison has stood by his word, creating a thought-provoking though somewhat muddled movie which examines the painful clashes between individuals and cultures. Moreover, his subject-which does not lend itself to an interplanetary plot or elaborate special effects-is no favorite of box-office treasures or Hollywood moguls: racism and discrimination in America...
...result, a fascinating and unusual look behind stereotypes and simple sociological analyses, is the profound achievement of Jewison and screenwriter Charles Fuller, who reworked his own critically acclaimed 1981 drama, the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Soldier's Play...
...SOLDIER'S STORY leaves one with ambivalent feelings; upon further reflection, the disturbing issues the film raises become magnified in complexity, rather than simpler and clearer in our understanding. This in itself is an important contribution of the film, and its strongest recommendation. The resulting moral ambiguity is somewhat unsettling for audiences accustomed to having their movie ethics etched in laser beams...
...Ethiopian capital with Soviet Politburo Member Grigory Romanov at a three-hour parade to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the military coup that overthrew former Emperor Haile Selassie. Dominating the scene was a towering portrait of Ethiopian Leader Lieut. Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, 43, the U.S.-trained soldier who had just been chosen Secretary-General of the Workers Party of Ethiopia, the newly inaugurated Communist party...
...works that have borrowed on the Philby affair, the most successful has been John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a maze-like thriller that details the entrapment and confession of a double agent. It was Le Carre who gave currency to the word "mole," a term denoting a traitor implanted deep in an intelligence network that is now a fixed part of espionage jargon. And while Le Carne and others like him explore the professional side of the celebrated case, others concentrate on the story's personal dimensions. This summer's highly acclaimed film, Another Country, based...