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There's only one hope left: the Witch Oenothea, who in a trade-off with a wizard long ago ended up with fire between her legs. And it's real fire too, because Fellini shows us a scene in which a long line of foolish-looking peasants wait with unlit torches at Oenotheas's bed. When their time comes, each devoutly places his torch between her legs to her sex, and "Poof." It is as if Fellini cannot bear to let us imagine anything. Anyway, Encolpius goes to Oenothea, and she "lights his fire," as it were, and he walks...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: The Moviegoer Fellini Satyricon at the Cheri 3 | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

...film through a central protagonist's experience, Baillie portrays the world as a child sees it, conveying a clear sense of wonder through close-ups and impressionistic hand-held camera work. Shots with specific meanings reoccur in a variety of contexts, and characteristic Baillie imagery-a dark horse, an unlit entryway-rearranges itself according to a child-like vision...

Author: By Joel Haycock, | Title: The Moviegoer Films of Bruce Baillie Second in a two-part retrospective at the Harvard-Epworth Church, 7 p.m. | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...absolutely no relation to the plays except for a row of jail bars, and even an abstract set should consider the play. The backdrop of overlapping rectangles in a single plane didn't even work as a composition of forms. And Light Designer Udi Gupta shouldn't have left unlit spots on stage as well as shadowing actors' faces, sometimes preferring to light their legs...

Author: By Deborah R. Waroff, | Title: The Dollar Theatre | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

...their survival kits on Ahkio sleds, 16 troopers pulled off a brilliant nighttime surprise attack on the headquarters of Brigadier General John C. Bennett, field commander of the maneuvers. In order to "get the feel of the place," Bennett had been sleeping in a tent with his Yukon stove unlit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense: The Coldest War | 2/21/1969 | See Source »

...enclosed scenes with irony, dry humor and a terse, elliptical style. She sets pragmatists against emotionalists, opportunists against those who answer only to the hungers of the heart. Like Portia Quayne, the heroine of Bowen's best-known novel. Death of the Heart, Eva leads a life totally unlit by love. She attracts people, but when they reach out for her, they grope in darkness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Unlit by Love | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

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