Word: film
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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These two films have little in common. One is a documentary on jazz tap dancing, an esoteric film about an esoteric art. The other is a revue of animated shorts, some serious, some funny, but nearly all unique and entertaining. They are reviewed together only as good examples of the high quality of independently distributed films exhibited locally...
George Nierenberg brought Green and Sims and Bunny Briggs together for a "competition" at Small's Paradise in Harlem, music courtesy of Lionel Hampton and his band. Nierenberg's film is a tough-paced homage to these nitty-gritty dancers, fading stars of a dying...
...tappers, he tried his hand at prizefighting. When boxing fans cheered his pre-fight dancing on the resin in the corner of the ring more than his boxing, he took up dancing seriously, incorporating into his act the sand dance that gave him his nickname. Sims steals Nierenberg's film. He loves the attention, claiming to be tap's Muhammed Ali, and in a "weighing-in" ceremony on a city street before the big night, he taunts Green and Briggs, daring them to tap it out "here...
Streep and Alda appeared together in the recent film, "The Seduction of Joe Tynan," written by Alda, who also stars in the TV series M*A*S*H." Streep, a Yale Drama School graduate and former student of Robert S. Brustein, artistic director of the Loeb, recently won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Kramer vs. Kramer...
...lost its point: "I couldn't care less" has degenerated to the meaningless "I could care less." Greetings are equally vapid: telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button. Kramer vs. Kramer is advertised as a film that is "absolutely today." Nouns continue to be overrun by the jargonaut: the New York Times demands stronger sourcing, meetings are preambled, situations are impacted. The New York Post recently managed a dazzling double play with its offering: "Stunt man extraordinaire Hal Needham will helm the film, which will also...