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Sidewalk Spieler. In the main, the choice received respectful if somewhat bewildered applause. But Resnais and Novelist Robbe-Grillet, who wrote Marienbad's scenario, created more confusion than they had on the screen by arguing before the press about the meaning of their film. "This movie," said Robbe-Grillet, "is no more than the story of a persuasion, and one must remember that the man is not telling the truth. The couple did not meet the year before." Not so, said Resnais. "I could never have shot this film if I had not been convinced that their meeting...
...this scenario (which, incidentally, is typical of some Kahn projections) is the time-lag. By giving the U. S. time to think things over, the Soviets make their point completely, namely that the existing U. S. defense structure simply cannot protect against such an extreme provocation short of a suicide move...
...based, seems an amazing achievement: clear, intelligent, subtle, witty, swift, strong, eloquent. Ironically, the script is bringing Hollywood embarrassment as well as riches. It is the work of a well-known, long jobless member of the Fifth Amendment fringe named Dalton Trumbo, who was also responsible for the brilliant scenario of Spartacus (TIME...
Ingmar Bergman has produced another tantalizing film. Hampered by a scenario (as usual, Bergman's own) that is full of tricks rather than the wisdom of Wild Strauberries or The Seventh Seal, The Magician nonetheless has an impact even greater than these better-written works...
...more it seems a cumbersome who-done-it that turns eventually into a hope opera. Will the Sanhedrin succeed in its plot against the Nazarene? The outcome actually seems uncertain most of the time. Despite occasional effective scenes-such as Christ's Palm Sunday entry into Jerusalem-the scenario is often less lively than the begat-begat-begat chapters of Genesis. "Living tableaux" of scenes from the Old Testament contribute little but an impression of so many Bavarian countryfolk assembling for a photograph in Biblical costume...