Word: wwii
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...carrying out the orders of superiors, or even those of God, after the massive Pentagon propaganda deliberately designed to make a monster of the "opponents." No such extenuating circumstances can, however, be used to excuse those responsible for the criminal foreign policy acts of successive Washington administrations since WWII...
...Janus Film Festival the films change every day, and every one is a classic--the most notable being Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game (1939), brilliant film both verbally and visually, that gyrates between starkly powerful drama and very funny comedy. Rules of the Game dissects pre-WWII French society with such precision that it caused riots among bourgeouis audiences when first released. It was not shown again until the late...
...early '40s, the spy pre-empted the gangster as Hollywood hero. After WWII the national mood turned cynical and gangster movies were revived as grim portrayals of city life, with dark, oppressive lighting, lonely streets in the cold rain, and tough cookies like Barbara Stanwyck who came into their...
THURSDAY: Ballad of a Soldier. (1960) Russian-made love story traces the romance of a young soldier on leave during WWII and the girl he falls for. CH.2...
MONDAY. The Subject was Roses. (1968) A real sleeper with a hell of a fine performance from one of my favorite actresses, Patricia Neal, who plays the mother in this poignant WWII drama from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Frank Gilroy. Jack Albertson won an Oscar for his supporting role as the father who welcomes his son home from the war, despite the mother's misgivings about the new-found independence of her son (Martin Sheen). Judy Collins sings "Albatross" and "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" for the sound track...