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...even though this picture flirts with the Golden Era romantic tradition, Hollywood's never produced anything so openly obsessed with sex and death. Michel and Patrician's romantic banter is funny and a little cruel--many shades darker than the chit-chat in "Casablanca." He keeps grabbing her butt; she keeps slapping his face. She talks art; he talks sex. A sample exchange...
...dull; romance promotes the beautiful over the plain; gangster movies and westerns resolve moral dilemmas with fistfights or gunfights. The hero is a fellow cocky toward authority. And drama has always been a charged debate between good and evil. The more vivid the evil -- whether the Nazis in Casablanca or Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs -- the more satisfying the final triumph of good...
...Middle Eastern fare, visit the recently re-opened Casablanca on Brattle Street on dine in a lively atmosphere under stills from the 1942 movie. Skewers on Mt. Auburn Street offers ample portions of rice and shawarma (or gyros) and Greek salad for great prices. Both restaurants serve hamburgers for the less adventurous...
This process does not ensure drivel. Casablanca had seven writers, Tootsie eight, It's a Wonderful Life 10, yet each film summoned a seamless verbal style, abundant in wit. These commodities are out of fashion today. Sister Act could have been written by one guy who looked at old movies and decided they were about spiritual uplift made easy. If the picture in fact turns out to be a hit, Midler may be miserable, but the suits will be happy. It will prove to them that films needn't be written; they can be assembled like Lego blocks. To others...
Deposited on a table near the theater'sentrance was a fake syllabus, listing units suchas "Casablanca, Citizen Kane, TheGodfather, Blah, Blah, Blah" and "The CannesFilm Festival "Do you know, do you know, do youknow, do you know the answer...