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...degradation held at arm's length. But One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich does occasionally convey a tragic sense of life discarded by politics: in the high, empty gossip of the Muscovite prisoners; in the pathetic scramble for a few shreds of tobacco; in the epic wasteland of ice and snow. More illuminating than either the performances or the screenplay is Sven Nykvist's Arctic photography, shot in the glacial reaches of Norway. Long a cinematographer for Ingmar Bergman, Nykvist can achieve a tactile sense of dread; his expanses of snow are more than weather: they...
...first phenomenon is that of Martin King himself, both as a public man and as a private man, and that wasteland where the two identities merge or conflict. The book, which is the second phenomenon, is divided into sections with one focusing upon each identity, and with the area of convergence or conflict. The book, is the second phenomenon, is divided into sections with one focusing upon each identity, and with the area of convergence or conflict acting as a connecting leitmotif. The third phenomenon involved is that of the environment in which both King and the book exist. This...
...black press feature is an attempt at implementing both the forum and workshop purposes of the Journal. Thus it begins with an historical survey by Nell Painter. a Harvard graduate student, of the first 100 years of Afro American journalism and concludes with "A Walk Through the Wasteland," an analysis by Marquite Jones, assistant producer of ABC's black oriented "Like It Is," of the roles and reflections of black people in national television. Other articles in the feature include Francester F. Orme's "The Black Press, a memorandum for change" responses from black publishers to a Journal questionnaire: Charles...
...ball. The other is marriage. Sally and her glib, skirt-chasing husband Buddy (Gene Nelson) have become pathetic caricatures of the Andy Hardy couple they once were?naivete swallowed by facts. Phyllis and her acrid WASP's-nest of a husband Ben (John McMartin) are glamour gone dry, a wasteland with wedding rings...
Even so, the report has caused surprisingly little criticism of its substantive points. "I agree with Ralph Nader," says William Ruckelshaus, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. "We are in danger of creating a water wasteland if we permit to happen in the future what has happened in the past." Ruckelshaus promises "radical changes" in law enforcement...