Word: unorthodox
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...NIGHT CALLER is billed as the best psychological thriller since psycho. It is certainly not that, but there are just enough psychological loose ends to prevent the film from succeeding as a straightforward action-crime flick. Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as Inspector Le Tellier, a Gallic Dirty Harry--the unorthodox cop obsessed with getting, and preferably killing...
...killer number two does absolutely nothing to further the real plot of The Night Caller. It would still be useful if it gave us additional insights into the character of Le Tellier, but all it does is emphasize the already established fact that the cop is tough, singleminded and unorthodox. Verneuil pretends to offer psychological amplification, but draws back and gives the same superficial information about his hero. The director does not seem to know what makes Le Tellier tick, or at any rate, he is not sharing his information with...
Berlinguer has led the party in a series of other autonomous stands, notably a cautious defense of Nobel Peace Prizewinner Andrei Sakharov and a plea to the regimes of Eastern Europe to liberalize. Obviously, Italy's unorthodox approach to Communism was not conducive to smooth negotiations for a Communist summit...
...Gund Hall, Gene Hackman doesn't do much to foster goodwill between nations as he stalks Frog One in The French Connection. Along with Popeye Doyle, Dirty Harry livens up the weekend and makes the double bill a strong contender for first prize in the Blood and Guts Unorthodox Cops Division...
...first time in Harvard's history, last year a student art exhibit was displayed. Because anyone from the university was permitted to submit material, the exhibit was a mammoth one, with work ranging from the traditional to the highly unorthodox. The newly formed Student Association of Visual Studies, which organized the show, is planning to petition for permanent space in Carpenter Center next year, so that students work will have a showcase all year...