Word: deus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...C.I.A. is doing its job in this film, and ther heroes--Redford and Max von Sydow (the completely amoral killer-as-artist)--are hollow and unconvincing. Three Days of the Condor illustrates some of the dilemmas of liberalism faced with the need for a C.I.A.--the final appeal, the deus ex machina of the film, is The New York Times. The C.I.A. comes off as sane and well-organized, in contrast to the radical, destructive individualism of both Redford and von Sydow. The acting of course is wooden and the fight scenes amatuerish and unbelievable. There is some good fancy...
...areas south of the Tagus River, where the people are generally anticlerical. Things are different in northern Portugal, a closed, quasi-medieval society, where the Roman Catholic Church is strong, priests tend to be reactionary, and typical graffiti are likely to be something along the order of Queremos a Deus (We love God). Priests have been threatening excommunication of anyone who plans to vote Communist...
Casablanca [1942]. What can you say that's new about Bogey, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, and Claude Rains, except maybe that Rains is actually a deus ex machina at the end and that you should read the short story, "Sodom and Gomorrah," by Richard Berczeller in the October 14 issue of the New Yorker about Michael Curtiz, the film's director...
Mishkin and Gunther both felt that the court found itself in such compromising difficulties because of its willingness, even eagerness, to accept responsibility for solving major national problems-an expectation that the public increasingly shares. Urging a "diminished appetite for the judicial deus ex machina," Gunther pointed out that while the court's quick action in the tapes case soon brought down the President, it also short-circuited the impeachment process that was bringing needed new strength and admiration to the Legislative Branch. "The court's stepping in meant a self-fulfillment of the prophecy that Congress would...
...work was extraordinary to hear. Complex rhythmic changes were handled to hear. Complex rhythmic changes were handled with a sureness that evades most choral groups. The choir's conductor, John Ferris, produced a fine sweep of phrase. Entrances were always sure, from the very first Amen of the Deus in adjutorium...