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...film, that is what would be called the message." The implication is that only bad films have messages. Eustache made his film bulletproof against interpretation; it succeeds in finally smothering the impulse to find a pattern, while giving us just enough on the surface--of profanity, wit, and nudity--to keep our interest. There is an air of parody about parts of the film--Alexandre, for example, dresses precisely like Eustache himself. In the middle of her tearful confessional Veronika rises from the floor and slyly mocks her own self-dramatizing instincts. "With that," she interrupts herself, "Veronika poured herself...
...Ideological Origins of the American Revolution dealt with the political philosophy of American radicals--their belief that only constant, militant vigilance and strict adherence to governmental forms limited by internal balances could check the corruption power inevitably causes among its possessors. Ideological Origins is a book remarkable for its wit and its style, as well as its persuasiveness. The Ordeal of Thomas Hutchinson is only slightly less well written, but it approaches the Revolution from the other side--from the point of view of someone whom the Revolutionaries saw only as a traitor to his country and would-be murderer...
Eager to talk about his presidency, Richard Nixon last week took the unusual step of inviting Columnist James J. Kilpatrick of the Washington Star-News Syndicate to drop by the Oval Office. A Virginia conservative with a waspish wit, Kilpatrick has supported Nixon for years, although he did admit to feeling "shame, embarrassment, disgust, chagrin" after reading the full text of the White House tapes. The interview turned into a rambling, often self-serving monologue that lasted 80 minutes. The President's main points...
...jury for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on their oath present that Kenneth Edelin ... did assault and beat a certain person, to wit: a male child described to the said jurors as baby boy (blank) and by such assault and beating did kill the said person...
...tangle of detail. And the stories reveal the idiosyncracies of their authors more than any standard literary styles in fairy tales. John Ruskin moralizes, while Mark Lemon, the first editor of Punch, comes across very romantically for a man who earned his living by a pointed wit...