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...Council of Churches as an example of "ecclesiastical elephantiasis." His contributors have taken a dim view of Paul Tillich's religious thought, and Editor Henry claims that the theology of Karl Barth is nullified by its internal contradictions. He is not at all disturbed by Earth's tart reply that C.T. should really be called C.Y. -Christianity Yesterday...
...convincing. Philip Lathrop's camera work has harsh dramatic clarity and Jerry Goldsmith's score just the right mixture of nostalgic balladry and percussive tension, and even when the hand of ironic coincidence seems to overshape a scene or two, Dalton Trumbo's script is refreshingly tart and literate. Pooling their skills, they have fashioned a film of distinction and signed it with honor...
Charles Elson has taken care with his lighting, and Motley's costumes are always appropriate. A special word of praise must go to Conrad Susa for his incidental music. Harpsichord and woodwind gently back up the garden scenes, but most of the time the moods are skilfully underlined by tart wind and timpani. The music is modern, but occasionally incorporates such an authentic medieval device as the Landini cadence...
...under César Franck came a dirge for modern music. Asked by a London newsman which 20th century composers seemed likely to stand the test of time. Paris-born Maestro Pierre Monteux, 86, flatly replied: ''I don't see any, except perhaps Stravinsky." In a tart catalogue of inadequacies, the peppery new conductor of the London Symphony went on: "Mahler, he won't live; he's an imitator. Prokofiev, I don't think so. Shostakovich, no. Hindemith, no inspiration. Bartok: I give him ten years...
BRATTLE: through tomorrow: Rosemary, the story of a West German tart who takes an unusual interest in her client's lives. Stars Nadja Tiller and Curt Jurgens. Starts Sunday: Ingmar Bergman's early (1952) episodic comedy, Secrets of Women, is funny indeed. It stars the usual Bergman repertoire--Eva Dahlbeck, Anita Bjork, Gunnar Bjornstrand...