Word: propsed
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Beware of Tyrone Guthrie bearing Greek gifts. The pity and terror of tragedy are alien to his impish nature. He has an irresistible urge to inject modernity into a classic through props, stage tricks and character stunts rather than to extract what is timelessly significant in the play. He is...
The U.S. decision dismayed critics of the junta, both in the U.S. and abroad. As the Washington Post put it: "In the name of defending the free world, Washington props up a government that withholds freedom from its own people." Given the Soviet Union's aggressive new stance, the...
If Hunter could have made this movie without ritualistic props, if he could have given us a witch of the psyche whose power was entirely of understanding, then cheers upon cheers. Eric, a painter, who speaks for Hunter, says that he wants to become a film maker like Howard Hawks...
SO ACCEPT IT. Hunter has a long way to go. For the moment he needs the props. If you can see them as metaphors, you can see beyond them.
The blatant props, the intricate plot, these are no more than smash door-prizes to draw us into the moments of the movie. I suggest that Tim Hunter does not really care about telling a story. If he puzzles us with the mystery trail, it is only to involve us...