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...most ambitious of current Japanese films continue to plumb the nation's unique otherness: the traditions of rigorous personal discipline, honor and revenge. As Imamura, the international prizewinner, notes, "I refused to accompany Narayama to Cannes this year, because I thought the film would be misunderstood there. When the people at Toei approached me about submitting it to the festival, I told them to wait 50 years or so. By then we will be understood. And we'll be winning the prize every year.'' -By Richard Corliss. Reported by Yuki Ishikawa and Alan Tansman/Tokyo
...mighty WOPR comes across as funny is that David, a bright high school lad (played by a very savvy young actor, Matthew Broderick, 21), accidentally makes contact with it while fooling around with his home computer. Boy and machine get to be friends, since they are both lonely and misunderstood. David is shy and sweet with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) but is wary of his parents and is a troublemaker in school. In short, he is as believable as any recent movie adolescent, and his responses to the Government security forces who are convinced he is an enemy agent...
...criticism of Stern's claims rose rather than abated. Trevor-Roper developed second thoughts. "I must have misunderstood," he said. "The link between the airplane and the archive is not absolutely established." Finally, he added: "I am now convinced that some documents in that collection were forgeries...
...hand. Supporting that evidence was his belief that the Stern editors had established a direct connection between the archive and the April 1945 crash of a plane that is reported by eyewitnesses to have been carrying Hitler's personal documents. Said Trevor-Roper: "I must have misunderstood: the link between the airplane and the archive is not absolutely established. Therefore, we must rely on the evidence of the contents of the documents, which have not been fully checked." Two days later, in a BBC radio interview, Trevor-Roper declared, "I am now convinced that some documents in that collection...
...Moore, who has taken the course criticized by the Review, added that he personally felt the weekly had misunderstood Cole's teaching style. He called Cole a "very talented musician" who "knows exactly what he is doing...