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Devi follows the triumphant "Apu" trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, The World of Apu) of India's young producerdirector, Satyajit Ray. If it does not quite measure up to the earlier triumphs, it is probably because the new film lacks the trilogy's earthy excitement. For instead of dealing with the struggles and ordeals of a poor-but-proud lower-class family, Devi moves through the silk and saffron world of a rich household in 19th century India...
...made a triumphant entrance into San Francisco-where 120,000 Californians jammed the sidewalks of the Montgomery Street financial district to give him a roaring welcome. He was there to give Dick Nixon a boost in his campaign for Governor; if there was ever any doubt about Ike's enthusiasm for his Vice President, none remained after he spoke at a Cow Palace banquet. "Several months ago in Denmark," said Ike, "I observed that one of the biggest mistakes of my political career was not working harder for Dick Nixon in 1960. I urge...
...scenes before Seller's reappearance are riotous, however. It is impossible not to laugh at the grotesque sight of an intoxicated Mason lying triumphant in a dirty bathtub, balancing his drink on his chest, following the death of his wife. A couple of neighbors come in to commiserate, and suddenly Humbert has to act sorry himself amidst his drunken stupor. Then the apologetic father of the cab driver who killed Mrs. Haze enters and offers to pay for the funeral expenses. Humbert, now quite confused, agrees, much to his benefactor's dismay...
Just at this triumphant point in their careers, however, the brothers made a bad political bet. They backed the unsuccessful efforts of President Carlos Garcia to win a second term for his discredited regime. When crusading Winner Diosdado Macapagal moved into Manila's presidential palace last January, he went after politically entrenched businessmen in general, and the Lopez brothers in particular. The Lopez group, Macapagal bluntly told the nation, "is using political power and influence to promote the interests of its business empire...
Fresh from a triumphant trimming of John Ford's The Quiet Man to 63-minute television size, a cutter explained his craft: "The easiest thing is to take out a full character, but I try to keep the stars in and show what the plot is. I cut parts of the fight and cut the middle out of songs. Then the commercials help in cutting too. After two minutes, people forget what they were seeing...