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...advances. Both Geraldine Chaplin and Shelley Duvall are wasted in limiting characters that flirt with the stereotypical throughout the film; in any case, it is not the acting that makes Nashville, but rather Altman's perfection of the difficult slice-of-life narrative structure, The gratuitous conclusion turned this stomach during the initial screening, but it fails to ruin an otherwise brilliant work of art--the ultimate testimony to the genius of the preceding 150 minutes. Incidentally, try to make it on time, because the opening credits are not to be missed...
...started grabbing for any kind of fluid I could get. Unfortunately, I ended up with orange juice. One sip and wham! Within a few seconds I had severe stomach cramps, a tremendous stitch from out of nowhere. I haven't had a cramp like that in years...
...next three miles, I moved at the pace of a brisk walk. And still I was dying. My legs kept wanting to move faster, but my stomach said nay. By the time I got rid of the cramp, my legs were ready for their own work-slowdown. Rhythm is crucial to a marathoner's success. The cramp destroyed mine, and I suffered the rest...
...loser's bracket, the Crimson then faced Princeton for their second battle of the day. Normally quite peaceful creatures, the Tigers went wild. Minutes into the game a Nassau nabob trashed one of Harvard's own and the war was on--kick in the shins followed punch in the stomach followed smash in the face. Smarting from its earlier loss to Yale, the Crimson wasn't taking things lightly...
When he was 16, Bill, the youngest, was sent to the Menninger Clinic in Kansas. Bridget suffered from ever worsening epilepsy and committed suicide at 21. Maggie, who had always seemed so strong, may also have committed suicide during the tryout of a play she loathed. Stomach problems forced Leland to give up most of his pleasures ten years before he died in 1971, and toward the end his once active mind was reduced and eroded by strokes. Brooke, who was on the cover of LIFE when she was 15, is now 39. She has already had two divorces...