Word: verite
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Verité. "I may not be the best adman in the country," says the rumpled, easy-mannered Rafshoon, "but I am the foremost authority on Jimmy Carter in terms of advertising and how it best suits him." The collaboration between the two goes back to 1966, when Rafshoon handled Carter's unsuccessful race for the Georgia Governor's mansion. This year, with the aid of just two writers, two airtime buyers and a tiny office staff, Rafshoon waged a year-long ad blitz in 38 states to win his man the Democratic nomination, preparing and airing commercials without...
There have already been quite a few movies about rock 'n' roll: concert films like Woodstock, lightweight dramatic vehicles tailored-to-measure for pop stars, documentaries offering cinema-verité glimpses of Bob Dylan or the Rolling Stones. There have even been a couple of films that used the world of rock as a metaphor for power and ruin: for in stance, Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (TIME...
...obsessive and tormented, eludes her. Less introverted than preoccupied, Tuesday seems as lost as Maria herself, although the only good moment in the film is hers. "See the pyramids all wet with rain / Cross the ocean in a silver plane" Maria croons, stoned crazy in an old 16-mm. verité documentary of Carter's, and in those few seconds Weld touches some of Maria's torment and vulnerability. Perkins has a little more success in the role of the producer, which is less complex and demanding. Both he and Weld struggle to bring some depth of feeling...