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...worked into the modest fabric of his story. An old lady (Lili Darvas), nearly 100 and dying with dignity and resignation from the kind of fatigue that cannot be diagnosed or reversed, lies all day in her bed, tended by a maid and by her daughter-in-law Luca (Mari Torocsik). The old lady lives in a twilight of memory, where past and present tend to flow together into a kind of future-imperfect tense. The room is kept clean and carefully lit, although both the room itself and the world outside look dour and gray, as if everything were...
...Sonny, the oldest son whose hot temper betrays him; Robert Duvall as the adopted son Tom Hagen, the lawyer who be comes the family's consigliere; John Cazale as Fredo, the timid, feckless son who is given a Las Vegas casino to play with. For the role of Luca Brasi, the Godfather's muscleman, Ruddy signed Former Wrestler Lenny Mantana, whom he spotted idling among a crowd of bystanders during the early shooting. Several of these actors had distinguished themselves on Broadway and in minor movies, but few could be considered name actors...
...horses pounded down the homestretch, Parisian Maurice Luca was certain that he had picked a winning tierce.* France's noted jockey, Roger Poincelet, had whipped Scallywag−one of Luca's betting choices−into third place, and there was barely a furlong left to go. Suddenly Poincelet eased up, and so did the horse. Scallywag finished out of the money. Track stewards suspended Poincelet for his disappointing efforts, but Luca had his own disciplinary ideas. He sued the jockey for $20,000, the amount he stood to collect had Scallywag placed at least third...
...unprecedented decision that has the French racing industry in an angry uproar, Paris' Seventh Chamber of the Court of Appeals awarded $3,000 damages to Luca. Said the court: "The jockey must not, before arriving at the finish post, cease to urge his horse to fight for first, second or third place." Jockeys now fear that they may have to spend as much time in court as on the race track, fending off the suits of disgruntled bettors. Even race-track stodpers, who look for discarded ticket stubs, were heard to complain about the decision. If it holds...
...brushwork is highly personalized and uninhibited. The earthy zest and pounding rhythm of Luca Giordano's 1702 Crucifixion is all the more remarkable because the artist turned out his work at maximum speed; in his day, he was known as Luca fa presto, or Fast Worker Luca. Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini's Fall of Phaëthon is built of thin, semitransparent layers of oil paint and has a lightness that the finished fresco undoubtedly lacked (the sketch has outlived the fresco, which was destroyed in World...