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...KEN RUSSELL seems to have hit upon a formula for making films. He finds some big celebrity with little or no experience in front of a movie camera, puts the name in a title role, and crosses his fingers hoping that the mega-star's sheer charisma will carry the audience through two hours' worth of celluloid. But Russell's experience with Roger Daltrey in the forgettable film version of The Who's rock opera Tommy should have taught him that the formula does not necessarily work. A bomb is a bomb is a bomb, and all of Daltrey...
Valentino. Ken Russell's latest turkey can be credited for furnishing an appealing showcase for Rudolf Nureyev's breathtaking prowess on an empty dance floor, but compliments come to an abrupt halt there. We see all the glamor and fame that filled the title character's moment in the spotlight, but Nureyev's Valention remains a distant figure, a romantic anachronism bursting forth with panache and charisma and little else. Russell seems to persist in the belief that audiences enjoy having their senses assaulted and will consider it entertainment; grotesques and caricatures dot the screen in Valentino, evoking some...
...Dodgers added another tally in the ninth as Garvey powered a Sparky Lyle pitch (doesn't he ever get tired?) into the left-field stands. Lyle, it should be noted, came in after the third Yankee hurler, rookie Ken Clay, pitched three perfect innings of relief. Clay and Tidrow actually held the Dodgers scoreless for 5-2/3 innings...
Valentino. Ken Russell's latest turkey can be credited for furnishing an appealing showcase for Rudolf Nureyev's breathtaking prowess on an empty dance floor, but compliments come to an abrupt halt there. We see all the glamor and fame that filled the tile character's moment in the spotlight, but Nureyev's Valentino remains a distant figure, a romantic anachronism bursting forth with panache and charisma and little else. Russell seems to persist in the belief that audiences enjoy having their senses assaulted and will consider it entertainment; grotesques and caricatures dot the screen in "Valentino," evoking some...
...putty? Fret not. Head for Music, Mirth and Madness at the Old Cambridge Baptist church, 1151 Mass. Ave. The two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. include jazz by Stan Strikland and his group Sundance, dance by Carolyn Brown, film and slides by Ken Brown, but no folk. I listed this because the flyer promises an "audience participation segment" in each show, which sounds kinky. Go, but don't tell me about...