Word: bergman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...raised by a king in a court, the other by a bear in a forest. The boys meet as antagonists, but after a series of picaresque adventures, become reunited and rewarded. This too is staged as a drama, enacted by rhyming players who evoke the best of Ingmar Bergman, Walt Disney and the artist-adapter herself...
...Lewis and was immediately enthralled by the clarinetist's lyrical, emotional style. To this day, Woody models his own playing on Lewis' and speaks of him with a reverence he accords to only a handful of his culture heroes, including Willie Mays, Groucho Marx and Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. "He was a great, great artist on the clarinet," enthuses Woody. "He had that sort of sweet, soulful, just beautiful, beautiful sound...
...dart board. Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Carson would not consent to be interviewed for the book, so Leamer, whose previous work includes biographies of the Reagans and Ingrid Bergman, was forced to assemble a life from the often bitter testimonies of others. One of three children of a utility-company executive, the Iowa-born, Nebraska-bred Carson came from a rigid, authoritarian family. "Once when he was drunk," recounted Truman Capote, a frequent Tonight show guest, "he told me that his mother would throw herself on the floor and scream, 'I bore you from these loins...
...crossing of class and sexual borders is the rule in similar high comedies: Noel Coward's Hay Fever, Jean Renoir's The Rules of the Game, Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night. But those were about flirtation; director Bartel (who also plays Clare's snooty diet doctor) wants to talk about performance. Though set in the right now, Scenes is really a nostalgia piece from the swinging '70s, when coupling could be a game without emotional consequence or physical risk...
Many residents mourn the passing of historic homes like Crosby's. Among the homes that have vanished or will soon vanish are those that once belonged to Ray Milland, Jeanette MacDonald, James Coburn and Jack Benny. "We're losing a great deal as a culture," says Alan Bergman of the Los Angeles-based Victorian Register, a real estate agency that specializes in vintage homes. "We're losing our heritage, the tolerance for things that are different...