Word: film
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Demme's eye and ear for synthetic America make the film more than just the story of Melvin's life. Melvin is constantly overwhelmed by the cacaphony of horns blaring, toilets flushing and cars trying to start. He is always shouting to be heard, usually above something like a game-show audience. "Pick door number one! Number one!" That he never seems to be heard is sad; but though it may bother us that no one listens, Melvin doesn't seem to care. He perseveres...
Speaking at the second session of a fourday Learning for Performers program, at which he is artist-in-residence, Minnelli fielded questions after a showing of his film, "The Clock," which was made in 1945 and starred Minnelli's first wife, Judy Garland...
...There's something inside that tells you to do certain things that turn out more or less right," Vincente Minnelli, an acclaimed film director, said last night of his directing techniques...
...they came from Broadway rather than Broad Street. But the numbers have a dynamic drive that should awaken cherry Coke memories in middle-aged kids and urgent anticipation in today's teens. Paging Peter Gallagher for a spot on American Bandstand - and the Idolmaker makers to put on film the story behind the album that really summarizes their vision of '50s rock 'n' roll: Annette Sings Anka...
...rings, soar past the moon Tethys, and on Nov. 12 come to within 124,000 km (77,174 miles) of the planet's cloud tops. Whipped by Saturn's gravity, the spacecraft will then swing quickly up and around the planet, photograph other moons, make a film of Saturn's swiftly moving clouds and rings and, finally, head out of the solar system...