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Joe Contreras
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"Graffiti" Director Delivers Cliched but Dazzling Epic
An unseen bead of perspiration trickled its way down through the small of my back to the sashed waistline of
Busted at the Border
T HE SUBMERGENCE of identity, its apparent destruction, and its final reassertion will remain, for most of us, abstract concepts
A Misbegotten Marriage
W ATCHING GOIN' SOUTH makes you think Burt Reynolds must have had something to do with it. The cutting one-liners
Eavesdropping on Experience
Y OU OFTEN OVERHEAR bizarre snippets of conversation in a theater lobby or a screening room right before show time.
The Discreet Lies of ITT
I appreciate this opportunity to appear before this subcommittee to clarify the facts regarding ITT's concern and actions with respect
The Sum of the Parts...
W HILE CERTAIN RISKS attend any attempt to read into a single sequence the essence of a feature-length film, one
Beating a Dead Parrot
M ONTY PYTHON'S BRAND of humor always seemed peculiarly suited to the ear, not the eye. The ridiculous inflections of
Moss Gathering
I NVENTORS have a way of getting bored with their creations, and would-be magazine mogul Jann Wenner has proven to
A Clash of Two Wills
I N THE MINDS of many film critics and committed moviegoers, Sidney Lumet has been tried, convicted and sentenced. His
Honor Among Thieves
P LACE YOURSELF in the position of entering a penitentiary for the first time in your life, if only for
Unwrapping Mr. Goodbar
T HE FASCINATION with the woman who is hopelessly damned often defies explanation, but the reality of the reaction is
A Chic Sheik
K EN RUSSELL seems to have hit upon a formula for making films. He finds some big celebrity with little
Open Season for Prosecutions
T HE LINED leaf of notebook paper bears an almost illegible scribbling, the kind of hurried writing you associate with
Through A Lens Darkly...
G ERMAN CINEMA has pretty much emerged over the past few years from the considerable shadow once cast over the
Star Escape
A N UNSEEN BEAD of perspiration trickled its way down through the small of my back to the sashed waistline
