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...because Face to Face has a number of things going for it. The acting is superb. Liv Ullmann's performance is, as always, extraordinarily sensitive. The excessive use of close-ups works against her at times. No matter how gifted an actor may be, the finite set of possible facial expressions can only provide a crude approximation of what is going on inside. Erland Josephson also gives a remarkable performance--better even than in Scenes from a Marriage--as Tomas, Jenny's friend, and later her doctor. And again, the details of Jenny's collapse are convincing...
...dramatic singer, Templin infuses her rendition of "What Would You Do?" with a dignity that partially redeems Schneider's seemingly heartless emphasis on survival at the cost of love. Lerangis achieves just the right balance between humor and pathos in his portrayal of the rejected fruit dealer, displaying a superb tenor voice as he tells the story of the "Meeskite" who lives happily ever after and ponders the advantages of the wedded estate in "Married...
...played really well," Crimson coach Bob Scalise commented. "We moved the ball amazingly well. For the first time this year, we got a superb game from each of our starting defensemen. Chris Ecker, Mike Belmont, and Hank Leopold put together a fine first half; Williams couldn't do a thing...
...Russians has climbed almost instantly onto the bestseller list. By rights, it should be sharing the distinction with Robert Kaiser's Russia. Smith's work is more rigorously organized, richer in anecdote; Kaiser's a bit broader, more discursive, and given to larger generalization. Both books, superb exercises in political-travel journalism, give Russia what it has always lacked for Americans: a complicated human reality...
Coach Mike Horn was particularly pleased with Herrick's performance. "Sarah was really superb on Saturday. She sailed very well in light and shifty airs," Horn said yesterday...