Word: wheelchairs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bunuel's own vision (apparent in the strange premature glimpse of the wheelchair and the ever-present emphasis on feet) draws us into the world of Severine's life and fantasies. Though Belle de Jour boggles the mind the first time around (audiences tend to dwell on peripheral ambiguities), the structural integrity becomes increasingly clear on repeated viewings (well worthwhile) and ends up simpler than many of Bunuel's other films; Bunuel's insight and humanity far transcends the realm of social allegory for which he is duly famous (Viridiana, Exterminating Angel). But this simplicity is sensed rather than understood...
...finally tremor decreased. Inability to speak, poor articulation, excessive sweating, weeping and urinary disorders were "strikingly improved," as were mental attitudes. Some patients who had been apathetic and vague showed an "awakening intellect" with better memory and alertness. Several who had not been able to get out of a wheelchair unaided or to walk without fall ing can now do both...
...least interesting of all animals." A devoted herpetologist, he discovered four new species of snakes and hunted down 22 rare species of mammals for the world's zoos and museums. Even after his legs were amputated because of illness, he continued to stalk the bush-in a wheelchair...
This week, at the age of 82, Mies saw his dream come true, although from a distance. In West Berlin, the $6,250,000 new National Gallery, which he designed (and for which he laid the cornerstone in 1965), officially opened to the public. Ailing and confined to a wheelchair, Mies had to remain in Chicago, where he now travels from his cooperative apartment to his office only once or twice a month to examine the new models for the many Mies-designed buildings now under way.*Still, those who saw the museum in Berlin agreed that it may well...
...make their film, and act out the admen's fantasies. Perhaps they will alight in an ancient West German castle, which was the setting for a recent Volkswagen commercial. Maybe the cameraman will strap himself to the back of a speeding motorcycle or scoot around in an electric wheelchair to achieve new whirling, eye-catching effects...