Word: succinctly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...succinct commentary, Brownlow manages to illuminate the crucial aspects of his story, from the revolutionary impact of The Great Train Robbery in 1903, to Hollywood's World War I boom era, to the arrival of Will Hays' censorship. Most of the time the story is told, as it should be, through testimonies of survivors. Without resorting to the keyhole journalism of Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon, Brownlow removes the filters from some widely accepted views. Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle is presented as a guileless clown who became a national symbol of infamy before he could grasp what...
This film works beautifully because Hudlin is able to study all this in a relatively short time, without destroying the movie's unity. We leave the theater having seen a cogent, succinct work--not merely a series of important images and scenes. The simplicity of the production, doubtless due to both Hudlin's restraint and a low budget, adds to its strength...
...Zimmerman is Henry Zimmerman '25 of Brookline, Harvard basketball's only season-ticket holder, and a fixture for many years in the dingy confines of the IAB. At halftime of a game this season, Mr. Zimmerman discussed the cagers, delivering a succinct judgment of their progress: "Yeah, they're getting better, but soon they're gonna have to get somewhere." And then Mr. Zimmerman shrugged...