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...narrated with scholarly elan the saga of man's quest for knowledge of the world and himself. Now he has essayed what his book's subtitle calls "a history of heroes of the imagination." The Creators' range is impressive, from the Vedic hymns of ancient India to the modern cinema. The end result, alas, is considerably less exciting than its predecessor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conventional Wisdom | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...CINEMA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Short Takes: Oct. 12, 1992 | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

...religious and social conservatives. A large segment of the public senses that the trash has risen to eye and ear level, and it smells rank. Freddy Krueger slices his way into little girls' minds, and Madonna's siren song & turns little boys into prematurely dirty men. Once the U.S. cinema was ruled by sentiment; now it is tyrannized by cynicism. Movies have assumed the omniscient sneer of a '50s greaser; they mock or duck any authority, whether the unfeeling parent, the stodgy teacher, the irrelevant clergyman or the brutal cop. And where once there was subtlety in popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Magistrate of Morals | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

Coolidge Corner Cinema. 390 Harvard St.,Brookline. 734-2500. Through Thursday, Oct. 8only. Raspad at 1:20, 5:10 and 7:15 p.m. WildWheels at 1:15 and 6:10 p.m. The Panama Deceptionat 9:40 p.m. Deep Blues at 11:35 a.m. and 4:20p.m. Bob Marley's Time Will Tell at 2:40 p.m. OneFalse Move at 11:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. Sick andTwisted Animation Fest at 9:15 p.m. Cousin BobbyBenefit for Brookline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Listings | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

...only has Foote spent 78 years writing some of the finest screenplays in American cinema, but he also experienced the Depression firsthand. His expertise allowed him to write the script in a mere ten weeks. Sinise also related how he and Foote were able to work cooperatively on the script, creating a shared vision of Steinbeck's work...

Author: By Ronnetta L. Fagan, | Title: New Movies | 10/8/1992 | See Source »

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