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...decidedly comfortable art. There is no question of his technical skill or the "prettiness' of his paintings, large or small (he generally preferred to paint them about 10' by 15"). Indeed, they are jewels. One feels the same covetousness for these shimmering landscapes as for any precious and portable object...
...scene portraying the murder of Short Eyes receives some careless treatment; Young stands guilty here for demonstrating precious little restraint in depicting the grisly slashing of Short Eyes's neck. And the film concludes by simply reversing the direction taken by the camera at the outset of the movie, this time following a young Puerto Rican out of the prison amidst jeers from his abandoned lovers in the penitentiary. Crafted for a theater's stage, Short Eyes as a movie remains a gut-wrenching work to watch, and despite its flaws, the promise shown by Pinero's script should make...
this fine and precious jewel...
...Truffaut's swirling, lyrical film about two best friends and the captivating, unpredictable women who comes between them but at the same time brings them closer together is a classic that you should never grow tired of seeing. With its subtle variations of pace and atmosphere, its precious moments of spontaneous joy and sudden despair, and its wondrously wise insights into the dynamics of friendship and love, Jules and Jim will always be a source of new ideas and fresh emotional responses...
...teacher named Claire rescues him, and David feels he has found at last a sure and steady happiness. But while summering with Claire in a house in the country, David feels his passion waning and realizes that within a year he will lose his desire for Claire, his most precious possession...