Word: styles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sort who might decide to make his presence on earth known not to Billy Graham, but to an assistant manager of a supermarket in Tarzana, Calif. It even seems natural for him to pass among us in fishing cap, Windbreaker and see-through plastic raincoat. His style reinforces one of the film's basic points: we place too much emphasis on status these days, and this, combined with our absorption in work (a lot of which turns out to pollute the globe), is the source of most of our difficulties...
...keyed direction avoids some obvious errors. Once Denver begins preaching the latest word from on high, the media get interested, and there is an opportunity to make the customary comments on the circus aspects of overnight celebrity. But Reiner makes the point lightly. Heavy preachment is just not his style. The result is a movie that tugs at your arm instead of blasting in your ear. Oh, God! is a nice movie about some nice people who have been made in the image of a very nice Jehovah. - Richard Schickel
Olivia starts her album with her first hit, "If Not For You," a song her publicists claim rocketed her to instant international success in 1973. Immediately we are exposed to her breathy style and the tedium of the whole presentation. Like most of her versions of rock standards, "If Not For You" has no depth--there is no attempt to enliven the tune with good bass or percussion...
...guys in his situation blame it on the coaches. But that's not Koz's style. "Sure there are things about the program that bother me, but bad-mouthing the coaches would only hurt team spirit and be unfair to a lot of people," he said...
Morrison is far too good an artist to give us the story chronologically, mapping out each detail in simple narrative style. Instead, she weaves back and forth across generations, bringing in characters, letting them go, bringing them back again to give us a new insight. The story revolves around the growth of the doctor's grandson, Macon III --or Milkman, as he is generally known--as he moves beyond the dark rooms of his family's house, haunted by death and isolation, into the streets of Southside. There, he meets people who have come to terms with their situation...