Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...More so with Ullmann, because she's just arrived in Hollywood, the first of Ingmar Bergman's leading actresses to work in this country. She can't handle a minor character: she tries to infuse her role with all the drama of Persona, but it can't stand the strain, and all she achieves is incongruity. Jackson, on the other hand, proves to be a nimble and quick-witted comedienne. The plot line in her film is ultimately as offensive as that of the other two: she's a strong-willed woman who enters into an affair with a married...
...dexterous performance driven by demons, Kristofferson's Elmo relaxed and appealing. Besides a great deal of what seems like effortless ability, Kristofferson has vast charm and the sort of presence that makes you look forward to his every appearance. He is, naturally and winningly, what so many others strain so hard to be: a star. Susan Anspach, as Nina, is musky and alluring and, even more important, a splendid actress. Hers is the most carefully detailed, most complex and moving re-creation of a woman that has been seen in an American film since Jane Fonda in Klute...
Spencer Tracy, Judy Garland, Montgomery Clift - a soggy and unintentionally demeaning memorial. It is the music that comes off best. The Shirells are funny and sexy, Bo Didley wonderfully raunchy and Chuck Berry, his voice past the point of strain, still kinetic and outrageous. He is a performer who neatly and emphatically encapsulates the lowdown power of rock'n'roll...
...small concessions to the years; they are built for simplicity and safety, for ease of maintenance and sea-kindliness, and the comfort of their crews. Near by, their neighbors wait for an afternoon sail to a convenient cove, a chase around the buoys or an ocean thrash that will strain the speed and strength of modern racing machines. But these are purely cruising boats. Their skippers are cruising men, more concerned with the unchanging requirements of the sea than with the changing compromises of racing-handicap rules. They are satisfied with what are essentially old-fashioned ships, old-fashioned gear...
...strain the muscles but train them," he said...