Word: performance
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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GOODBYE, COLUMBUS is a slick adaptation of Philip Roth's novella about being young, in love and Jewish. Director Larry Peerce is a canny craftsman, and if his film is a little too glossy, his actors-especially beautiful newcomer Ali MacGraw-all perform with warm and endearing conviction...
...McCarthy could not, if life depended on it, act out his compassion for the poor," says Sheed. "Politically, this subject demands a certain amount of Mammy-singing. You can denounce the war calmly, and the emotion will take care of itself. But when you come to poverty, you must perform. McCarthy spoke precisely as strongly about both subjects; yet he was felt to be passionate about Viet Nam, indifferent about race...
...thought this might be just the last straw because I could not perform well at all on them. A day off, 8 1/2 miles the next day, and my legs were okay. On both Saturday and Sunday I ran 15.3 miles, and with the Marathon five days away, I thought maybe it'd go well after...
...history as if painted by a sidewalk sketch artist; it relies on calcified profiles of the principal signers of the Declaration of Independence rather than on searching character penetration. The score might have led Van Gogh to dispose of his remaining ear, and a brigade of crippled pigeons could perform better dance numbers...
Almost anything can kill a take: Eric's mike can get in the way of the shot; an actor can muff a line, or not perform it to Tim's satisfaction; something can go wrong with the tape recorder or the camera; the lighting...