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PINTER
AT 70: The playwright takes a movie role. And talks about
his upcoming plays. New
York Times 12/30/99 (one-time
registration required for entry)
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PEANUTS
ENVY: Amid the valedictories for Charles M. Schultz and
"Peanuts," a dissenting view: "No one under the
age of 30 or 35 reads "Peanuts" at all. Why should
they? To convey what is so magnificent about Schulz’s achievement,
it’s necessary to look at just where his comic strip went so
catastrophically wrong." New
York Press 12/29/99
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THE
DOSTOEVSKY OF FRENCH FILM: "Robert Bresson made films
that stood apart from the mainstream even in their day, but
now seem even more distinct because of their Spartan look, spiritual
content, largely nonprofessional casts and utter obliviousness
to fashion." Boston
Herald 12/23/99
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FILMMAKER
ROBERT BRESSON DIES CBC
12/22/99
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New
York Times account
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THE
"WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME": 83-year-old
dance legend Bella Lewitsky has had her leg amputated. Los
Angeles Times 12/22/99
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AN
AFTERNOON WITH PICASSO: One afternoon in 1943, Brassai spent
an afternoon with Picasso in his house. Picasso on signing his
work, on keeping tidy, on people taking his things. University
of Chicago Press 12/99
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CATCH-18?
Not exactly the same ring to it, eh? Christopher Hitchens reflects
on his pal Joseph Heller. How a cultural conundrum almost came
up four short if not for Leon Uris. The
Nation 12/21/99
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FILMMAKER
ROMAN POLANSKI was inducted into France's Academie des Beaux
Arts this week - an embrace by the French establishment. BBC
12/16/99
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THE
PAVAROTTIS IN COURT: Divorce drags on through the Italian
courts. BBC 12/16/99
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JOSEPH
HELLER: "Catch 22" author has died of a heart
attack. He was 76. BBC
12/13/99
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NY
Times account. London
Telegraph account
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SAY
IT AIN'T SO SNOOPY: Charles M. Schultz announces his retirement,
due to colon cancer. BBC
12/15/99
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New
York Times account
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ABOUT
AND BY COOKE: Two new books about and by Alistair Cooke.
An interview with his biographer Nick Clarke. The
Idler 12/12/99
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RETURN
TO SENDER: A new biography of
Norman Mailer is more interesting than the man himself. "Mailer
was judged as an important thinker by his contemporaries, revered
intellectuals among them, who praised a substantial amount of
his work at the time of its publication. One must accuse them
of poor judgment."
New York Press 12/3/99
