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This comedy of manners deserves plenty of goodwill. It was made in twelve days by 29-year-old Writer-Director-Editor Spike Lee. It displays the sumptuous camerawork of Ernest Dickerson. And it tries -- how hard it tries -- for something fresh. Nola Darling (Tracy Camila Johns) is a woman with a mind and libido of her own, much to the exasperation of three swains. Seems like Woody Allen territory, with two important exceptions: the characters and creative team are black, and just about everyone is straining as hard for effect as Nola is for the perfect orgasm. If the film...
...also is fortunate in having cinematographer Ernest Dickerson as his old film school buddy. Dickerson, who also filmed John Sayles' Brother From Another Planet, created She's Gotta Have It in elegant, tastefully washed-out black and white. His stills of modern-day Brooklyn people and places are a fine touch...
Warren Professor of American History Ernest R. May pointed out that Lee chose to spend his time as he did. Said May: "Everyone understands how this [tenure process] operates. People make their choices about how to allocate their time...
...concern in CBS's boardroom last week was less about the treacherous economic waters than about the quality of Wyman's stewardship. Says Ernest Levenstein, a media analyst at the Shearson Lehman Brothers investment house: "This is not a story about a financially troubled company. This is a story about power and control...
...There is," Ernie said, and anyone hearing him would have wished for all the world that Ernest C. Brauer had an ace up his sleeve...