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JONATHAN BAUMBACH
One further heresy. It may even be that the pains of viewing
Cries and Whispers
-
suffering in a movie theater is not always re–
demptive - outweigh the pleasure. I suppose, given cultural priorities,
if a work has the right ideas about despair and 3.lienation, is tedious
enough to pass for profound, and
is
what everyone
is
admiring, it
can't hurt too much.
(;hile 1970-1973
The only socialist government that was
freely elected and attempted to 1nail1-
tainpersonal and intellectual freedo1n.
