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...parodies of other movies, some of them recognizable (one of Ugetsu, for instance), most of them not. Good parody can be broad, but it musn't be rubbed in; why does Mr. Mekas choose to have Japanese characters appear on the screen in the Ugetsu scene and Cyrllic subtitles flash on during a sleigh ride when the music in both cases makes the jokes perfectly well? Mr. Mekas' other comedy technique is the avoidance of all logical transition between events in the film. I should say that a number of persons in the audience seemed to be laughing themselves silly...
...Fragile Societies. Zanzibar's month-old government fell to a savage anti-Arab coup. A flash fire of mutinies singed the wings of three fledgling East African nations. Border warfare exploded between Ethiopa and Somalia...
...forbidden to take cues from the conductor, thus freeing opera from one of its prime embarrassments: the I'm-singing-to-her-but-I'm-looking-at-him syndrome. She strives for drama as well as spectacle; when her spear carriers enter, it is with a flash of steel and a purpose. She knows all the languages of opera, knows music so well that she often conducts. She pursues authenticity and realism to the point of demanding old chains instead of new rope on an obscure drawbridge, and the sum of her interests gives even a bizarre tale...
...balance and excellent organization that seems to characterize all Kirkland House teams gives them the nod for the league title. Sophomore David Taft, who one observer said "ranks right behind Keith Sedlacek among the back-court men at Harvard," and senior center Jon Cook provide a healthy combination of flash and stability seldom seen on the House hardwood...
Except for this overdone portrayal, the characterizations are penetrating. Mark Bramhall's movements and changes of tone demonstrate Dick Dudgeon's energetic honesty. His smile is perfect: it can soften into kindness, flash a satiric comment on his own words, or reveal a spirited man who impetuously offers to sacrifice his life. Micheal Ehrhardt plays General Burgoyne, a character whose ability to mock an absurd situation resembles Dick's; he is impressive in his dignity, biting in his wit. Even Pamela Harris's opening gesture foreshadows the careful details of her performance: she awakens, and consciously assumes her dour, self...