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...numerous notebooks he kept, and the manifesto of this belief (not, alas, in this show) is The Painter's Triumph, 1838. It depicts Mount himself in a mood of exaltation, flourishing his palette and brushes and pointing out a detail of a painting to his ideal viewer--not a New York "conosher" but a farmer in a straw hat who still holds the buggy whip with which he has, presumably, driven in from Long Island. On the wall behind, a drawing of the head of Apollo is looking haughtily away from this populist scene...
...recollection of Gone With the Wind, and it shares the Selznick classic's main failing: It takes too long getting to the war. Diane Keaton, we are told, is radiant enough to ensnare Beatty's Jack Reed and Nicholson's Eugene O'Neill -- but it's a captivation the viewer somehow doesn't share. And aren't "The Witnesses" just an endless parade of wizened faces fleshing out a story we'd rather watch ourselves...
...devastating and realistic portrayal of wartime violence in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan had a profound effect on me [CINEMA, July 27]. With each shot, sound, struggle and death, I felt like jumping up and screaming, "Stop!" And I couldn't leave, because even as a viewer I felt I would let the troops down. I left the theater trembling and in a cold sweat. This movie should be seen only by people who are desensitized to violence and those who don't appreciate what all those who have fought in wars have sacrificed. Spielberg has constructed a compelling...
...lack of direction while at the same time Sissel seems to regress even further away from the mature relationship she once comprehended on a much higher level than her lover. Simply put, the character development is a study in contrast that provides a most satisfying experience for the viewer...
...personal favorite is a piece of installation art by James Turrell--a dimly lighted room that the viewer enters through a narrow, black hallway. Inside are two dim lamps pointing toward opposite walls and what appears to be a black rectangle hung on the wall. I walked in and was not impressed. I'm not anti-minimalist--in fact, I loved the minimalist collection of the Orange County Museum--but two lights and a rectangle in a dark room...