Word: pica
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nevertheless, the picture does have some not inconsiderable merits. Several scenes are models of what might be called pica-risque comedy. And Director Kazan, even though he cannot seem to decide whether he is reciting a dark poem or just telling a dirty joke, has won skillful performances from his veterans. Maiden and Wallach, and from Newcomer Carroll Baker, of whom the public is certain to hear a great deal more in the next year or two. As Baby Doll, she is the Coke sister of Southern folklore, all the way down to the bottom of the bottle...
...Pica for Picty...
...stone-clicking sequence from Pica Zapata, in which the backwoods Bonaparte is led away by soldiers to the ominous cadence of impassive peasants clicking stones; the recurrent low angle, high tension shot of the rails beside the desert station in High Noon; the lack of a final scene in The Snipe, which would have been anti-climatic in the best beat-the audience over the head tradition...