Word: accordion
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...salivate. Everything is gorgeous here, from Amélie’s apartment to the subway platforms Nino scours. The characters inhabit a fantasy version of the Montmartre district, miraculously free of gawking tourists and the souvenir shops that attract them. Of course, there’s the obligatory accordion soundtrack, but it serves well to keep the mood light and link some otherwise disjointed scenes. That’s not to say that all of Jeunet’s choices are judicious; the charmingly absurd often lapses into the offensively cutesy. Most of the special effects (e.g. the visible...
...accounts of his stay in Cherán and turn them into a fictional account, Martínez responded that his journalistic style, which is “part manifesto, part reportage, [part] memoir,” allowed him to “expand and contract, like an accordion.” This is evident in his effective handling of complex issues in his narrative. The book explores a series of borders, the borders separating different generations of immigrants, as well as the physical, hazy border that separates Mexico and the U.S. Crossing Over makes the argument that the borders...
...revived, remolded and returned to prominence by a new generation and new technology. In Tijuana, Mexico, young DJs are crossing traditional norteno (a polka-like music) with not-at-all-traditional techno to create a fresh genre, Nortec. In Bogota, Colombia, the rock duo Aterciopelados is mixing old-time accordion-driven vallenato with clubland drum-'n'-bass beats. In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the great chanteuse Marisa Monte is smoothly blending samba...
...music starts. He springs up like a grasshopper and dances over his songs' bold introductions. Each song, he explains, has been arranged with a unique instrumental prelude that highlights a particular global sound: an African clay flute scampers across one track, an accordion moans on another, a Uruguayan quijada (jawbone of a donkey) scratches on a third. "We're creating world music in a Long Island basement," he says with a laugh. The song speeds up and, wanting to show off some complicated turns, he asks to have this dance. He's clumsy but an emotional dancer. Then, without warning...
...Music. The music is generally accordion-based. The ballads last 1,000 minutes and are sung by men in big hats...