Word: stuns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...improvisatory style which worked so well in Nashville just never got off the ground this time. The characters are awkward stereotypes, and the little vignettes are often cruel and crude. But the film gets better as it goes along. Altman's whipped up a surrealistic storm sequence that will stun you, and in quieter scenes he's evolved some subliminal editing techniques that immerse you in the characters without your even realizing it. Vittorio Gassman...
...burn his fingers off on the guitar. Charlie Watts' drumming rolls all the way between a fondle and a mugging, and Mick Jagger sings with spirited cool. The problem may be that after all this time, the brimstone is dying out. The Stones, as ever, are looking to stun and outrage. But whether they are singing little anthems to S-M (When the Whip Comes Down), deflating stereotypes (Some Girls) or giving the finger-pop to overbearing paramours (Beast of Burden), they seem less fierce than jaded. The songs, the attitudes are meant to have some savor...
...Gelsey no longer feels frantic about a day off," says Schafer, and then hedges: "Or three-quarters of a day off." Her daily routine would still stun an ox. She haunts classes and rehearsals, whether she is performing that evening or not. In preparation for Don Q, she took long sessions in the use of a fan and castanets. If Gelsey were asked to play the lead in Hamlet, she might very well decide to learn Danish...
Despite the general rule against modern conveniences-no electricity, plumbing, newspapers, cigarettes or soap -the 20th century kept intruding. British education authorities ruled that schoolbooks had to be available for the children, and laws demanded that a butcher come in to stun and slaughter the pigs. TV crews appeared on the scene about twice a week. Percival allowed the volunteers to use Tampax and contraceptives, sent in a doctor four times during emergencies, and took the group for a summer outing at the shore. Said he: "No one's life should suffer or be altered for a television show...
...plane crash and a dormitory fire stun two campuses