Word: uses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more exciting. By sophisticated treatment of everybody cupboard compounds, one synthesizes chemical exotica. The poisons are the best. Along with tornados, poisons are the most charismatic things in nature. Introduction to a great poison or a great man is the same--the pulse quickens for both "Today you will use mercuric chloride. Inhalation of two tenths of a gram of mercuric chloride dust will kill...
...that genre restricts, an attitude shared still by condescending, if blind, people like Pauline Kael or Bosley Crowther. But for all the mediocre westerns churned-out which reaffirm genre as tantamount to cliche and formula, we have Hawks's Rio Bravo or Ford's The Searchers, both of which use genre background as a means of allowing their protagonists the fullest range of individual expression. For all the cheap detective thrillers, we have Lang's The Big Heat with its articulate vision of urban corruption and the need to fight evil, or Nicholas Ray's Party Girl and the fascinating...
...revelations of the last scene display a highly sophisticated use of narrative exposition. On a content level, the truths of The Champagne Murders derive from scrupulous honesty--a retrospective look at the film resulting not so much in our remembering hints dropped conspicuously in early scenes as places where Chabrol didn't cheat. When Jacqueline the secretary types up the letter of transfor turning Paul's name over to Christine, she is shown in screen-left fore-ground in focus, with Paul and Christine out of focus in the background. Our eyes watch Paul and Christine because we think that...
Benthall, the director, has made fine use of the surroundings provided him, and can be criticized only for not yet having coaxed any really sparkling performances from his excellent cast. Richard Kiley as Caesar and Bruce MacKay as Rufio are the best of a dry, consistent lot; the most notable object of disappointment is Leslie Uggams, who failed to convince me she can sing. Claudia McNeil, sadly, has little...
...American students, Katz and another friend decided to invest in a London taxi which, with its roomy interior and relatively low price, would be ideal for camping. At the end of his trip, he decided to ship the cab home. "As I figured I could either sell it or use it for transportation for the rock band I manage during the winter at Cornell," Katz recalls...