Word: sagaing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
CARTOUCHE. In Director Philippe de Broca's carefree parody of a period saga, Jean-Paul Belmondo is the Gallic, sword-swinging Robin Hood who robs from the rich, gives to the poor, and keeps Claudia Cardinale for himself...
CARTOUCHE. In Director Philippe de Broca's carefree parody of a period saga, Jean-Paul Belmondo is the Gallic, sword-swinging Robin Hood who robs from the rich, gives to the poor, and keeps Claudia Cardinale for himself...
...Those Who Think Young borrows a popular soft-drink slogan, but carelessly omits the fizz. Probably it never should have been put in the can. Disguised as a surf saga, the movie has one good surfing sequence and little else. Pamela Tiffin, James Darren, Tina Louise, Nancy Sinatra, Comedians Paul Lynde and Woody Woodbury struggle to get a foothold in the slippery story about a rich campus cutup and a poor coed. But the standout performer is a bearded beachnik called Kelp. He paints a small face on his chin, upside down. Then he covers himself with sand, leaving...
Auberon Waugh wrote his first novel, he explained, because it was what was expected of him in a literary family: Father Evelyn wrote Decline and Fall at 25, and Uncle Alec wrote The Loom of Youth at 19. Having produced The Foxglove Saga at 21 ("My boy," his father had told him, "it is time you wrote your first book"), Auberon announced his retirement from literature. It is a shame he changed his mind. Foxglove Saga was modeled rather too closely after Decline and Fall-but at least it was funny. Path of Dalliance is modeled on the same book...
LADY IN THE DARK (RCA Victor). A reissue of Kurt Weill's songs from the classic musical psychodrama of 1941. The orchestral arrangements sound dated, and even in her prime (eleven years before her death) Gertrude Lawrence had the usual uncertain wobble in her voice, but her Saga of Jenny is nevertheless galvanic, and My Ship still haunting...