Word: wilding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That point is sharpened to satire in The Congress, the story of an elite group that attempts to organize the world's wild profusion - only to discover the embarrassment of the imitative fallacy: the more categories the Congress devises, the more it resembles an untamed world...
...Virginia's hardest-fought political battle in decades, Dalton forces have painted Howell as a wild-eyed, free-spending "McGovern-type liberal," who is "too radical to be our Governor." Dai-ton's campaign literature asserts that, as Governor, "Howling Henry" would howl to a tune composed by George Meany. Dalton also has warned that cops and firemen would be "too busy collective bargaining" to chase criminals and put out fires. At one rally, Dalton waved a garden hose at the crowd to dramatize the supposed dangers of a firemen's strike...
...filled with the anatomical, geological and biological jargon of anthropology. His father ?a Church of England missionary's son who was raised almost entirely in the African bush?taught "bushcraft" to Richard and his brothers Jonathan and Philip by sending them out to scavenge and survive in the wild. But as Richard grew up, he became restive living in the shadow of strong-willed and often autocratic Louis Leakey. "I was determined to make my own name," he recalls, "and I couldn't do that in my father's field...
...store-bought toys. He also laces the film with humor. In the grand Hitchcock manner, he loves to show his characters passing over clues that are staring them right in the face. For Dreyfuss, he has written throwaway lines that highlight the absurdity that is implicit in Roy's wild dash for the unknown...
...human characters for mechanical effects, Spielberg has been accused of heartlessness. Close Encounters' sweetness belies that charge. It is probably no coincidence that the director cast Truffaut, the kindest of film makers, in a leading role, for Spielberg's sensibility matches that of such Truffaut films as The Wild Child and Small Change. Close Encounters' charm is enhanced by the performances as well: Dreyfuss, Truffaut and Dillon bring warm coloring to roles that are rather sketchily set forth in the script. The actors' eyes are lit with a touch of madness, just enough to suggest the courage that drives them...