Word: trappings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake), occult films (The Exorcist, The Omen and sequel films (The French Connection, American Graffiti, Rocky, Jaws and most everything else, part II) that provided the standard fare for most of this country's theaters during much of the decade. We tended to stumble into the trap of praising a movie just because it made money when our critical instincts should have told us otherwise. Very little in this decade rivalled Citizen Kane; we should not have felt compelled to compromise our standards because the material did not meet our expectations...