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Monsieur Verdoux is Chaplin's last great film. With Limelight (1952), he descended into stiff, nostalgic melodrama. But in Verdoux Chaplin is still in his prime, questioning life in a way outside the scope of his earlier masterpieces, redirecting the passionate feelings which ennobled The Gold Rush, Modern Times, and City Lights...
...Stiff Competition...
...about that Israeli task force operating on the west bank of the Suez Canal?" we asked the senior officer, who walked with the stiff waddle characteristic of an aging warrior. He removed his goggles, revealing the dark eyepatch that left no doubt about who the officer was. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan replied coyly: "That is, how you say, the $64,000 question." Dayan was relaxed, confident, even nonchalant as he met reporters on the tarmac of a small airfield in the Sinai. He gave the impression that the Israeli task force was not in any trouble...
Lofty Unconcern. Some of the impracticality of this august airport lounge is due to Mies' staff, who with the fervor of acolytes refused to "compromise" an inch on the maestro's plans. Hence the stiff lighting, the patchy services (such as an elevator too small for large-scale paintings) and, worst of all, the absence of any walls to hang pictures on. Three sides of the hall are glass; the fourth is an open internal balcony. Placing screen walls to carry paintings will be a headache for curators-especially since the Texas daylight, flooding through that glass acreage...
...this Saturday's regatta on the Mystic lakes, Radcliffe will face a stiff test from both MIT and the Jackson, the home team. "On the basis of having practiced in the lakes," Horn said, referring to the class of boat sailed for the Captain's Cup, "I'd say that they have a slight advantage...