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I could say a lot about Newlove's "technique" or "craftsmanship"--the way he puts poems together--for he is indeed a master builder....his work is often a demonstration model of how it should be done. But that isn't my primary interest. I would rather talk about corners...
Moreover, the film often seems overly pretentious, as if existing solely to call attention to the director's innovative genius. And while it can hardly be considered an esoteric creation, its obsession with experimentation and style over content detracts from its quality as a political and social commentary.
Big difference, though. The domestic surrealism of John Irving's novel, a sort of tragicomic You Can't Take It with You, surrenders to the discipline of cinema narrative only after a struggle. His characters operate on obsession and whim ("I'm a grizzly bear!" "I'...
Novelist Yuz Aleshkovsky, 54, views all forbidden topics as the domain of farce. The comic artist had to support himself in the Soviet Union writing children's books. Now he has returned to adult fiction with gusto. His raunchiest work, Nikolai Nikolayevich, is a Russian Portnoy's Complaint...
Test results may reveal next to nothing in terms of human sexual activity. However, Ellison said the results helpful in showing the effects of certain dieting regimens and rapid weight loss, an obsession with much of the health-conscious American public.