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...holocaust. In his mind Tod sees the people in the mob linking their arms together, their faces transformed into ugly papiermache masks, while the soundtrack overlays the scene with incantations reminiscent of the theme of the green-skinned guards of the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. The whole thing is too inane to be believed...
...stayed resolutely popular, and it has done so only in the United States. When American directors get artsy, like Robert Altman or Francis Ford Coppola, they tend to produce meaty, serious movies that, finally, don't grab hold of your imagination. At least, not the way Casablanca or The Wizard...
Holder used the right rite. Last week The Wiz-an all-black rhythm-and-blues adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz-won seven Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Supporting Actor and Actress in a Musical, Choreography, Score, and two for Holder himself as Director and Costume Designer...
American aristocracy! Simple contradiction in terms. The Memsahib's got a Yankee cousin. Know what his idea of ancient history is? Spiro Agnew. Still, if one's got to deal with foreigners, trust Burke's to do a wizard job. Here: watch Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editorial director, in the introduction. First he dismisses those with no interest in genealogy as "the real snobs . . . secretly afraid of what they might find." Smashing reverse English, what? When the reader is on the defensive, the director presses home: "The only reason the undersigned can establish the identity of his earliest...
...wizards are looking for mass-sellable illusions, but even that is turning around. When Midnight Cowboy was chosen Best Picture in 1969, it represented the accession of the big boys to the idea that "Art" and business could be mated without killing the baby. That is the new Hollywood, An old-timer confided to me one afternoon in L.A. that the only reason the San Fernando Valley was built was for use as a backdrop in an M-C-M musical. It was recently smashed to dust for Earthquake. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain." Oz orders...