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...even clearer in a subsequent sequence where the captain, swimming underwater, sees his wife's face. The shifting appearance of his objective surroundings blends with the illusion superimposed on him: his wife is present in both metaphor and fact. The film's last shot does the same through another semi-metaphor for personal experience. The couple reunited, the barge casts off, and Vigo cuts to a very high shot of the barge (from an airplane) which sweeps over it as it sails down river. The shot is a metaphor for their continuing progress, now stabilized by their reunion...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: Zero de Conduite and l' Atalante | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

...with a strong offense sparked by Leland Faust and Dave Powlison, and a tight defense bolstered by goalie Phil Whitten and Terry Flanagan, Harvard downed Fordham University, 16-8, to make the semi-finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard 7th In AAU Water Polo | 4/22/1969 | See Source »

TOMMY and Nora were to embrace to the side of the camera, with Phoebe catching their reflection on a piece of semi-reflectant tinted glass held in front of the camera lens. The lens was pointed towards the fireplace, so the embrace would be superimposed on the flames. Someone said this shot had been done before, in a Melina Mercouri picture...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The World is a Big Box | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...season series with Montreal, the Bruins have won five of six. If they can make the Canadiens play their game in the semi-finals, it's only a short step past St. Louis, and Boston can tear loose with Bobby Orr this time instead of Carl Yastremzski...

Author: By Stanley H. Werlin, | Title: Canadiens, Referees Chief Obstacles To Gutsy Bruins' Stanley Cup Hopes | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

Yesterday, the preliminary qualifying rounds were held to select the 20 fencers who would go on to the semi-finals. Today the semi-finals, a round-robin, competition, will narrow the field to twelve finalists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fencers Duel NCAA Rivals | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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