Word: plot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...irritating plot concerns the bumpy progress of a generation-gap love affair between a Manhattan real estate woman (Ullmann), who is 40 years old and tense about it, and the head of labor relations for a large steel company (Edward Albert), who is a vehemently mature 22. They meet on holiday in Greece. Her car expires; he persuades her, with difficulty, to accept a lift on his Honda, plies her with ouzo, and after a while-too long a while -they spend a blissful night together on the beach. They meet again in New York, where he shows...
...rather deftly-reversed. Miss Dobson always takes the initiative and is indisputably at the epicenter of the action. The leading man, Bernie Casey, is trotted out for a little sentiment and sex appeal only when a romantic interlude is needed. Casey handles his role of sex object and minor plot tool with aplomb and a certain bemusement. Miss Dobson is beautiful, with the kind of long (6 ft. 2 in.), easily gratifying symmetry that makes words like statuesque seem puny. It is also gratifying that, unlike most former models, when she recites lines, she achieves a measure of verisimilitude...
...EARLY '60s, the dramatic plot-line suffered a decline as such "slice-of-life" films as Room at the Top and The Misfits grew in popularity. In these movies there was no real development either of story or character, only static episodes describing the nature of characters' lives. In the late '60s, when the gangster film returned, heralded by Bonnie and Clyde, it was afflicted with this same absence of drama (and therefore, lack of audience involvement). Instead of stories of gangsters' lives, the films continued in the vein of the slice-of-life drama. They became superficial chronicles illustrating...
THERE IS no story and no particular plot. This movie is just a documentary on shoot-outs, with little time spent on the criminals themselves. How do they live? What do they do with their illgotten gains? All we see are some gun fights shot in gory detail, "realistic" to the point of queasiness (but really not of horror, because we're made not to give a damn...
Last of Sheila. Slick but interesting. A murder mystery on a yacht. Don't even try to figure out the plot, which is convoluted almost beyond the limits of credibility. Most of the fun comes from watching James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, and Raquel Welch play themselves, with plenty of witty Hollywood quips and elaborate sets. Cheri...