Word: aestheticizing
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To call KRS-One less “punk” than Jello Biafra is to treat musical genres as purely formal in nature, characterized by instrumentation, song structure and other easily sortable attributes. But such structuralist definitions ignore the unique aesthetic of the artist’s act of...
With nary a laptop in sight (though a sequencer perched front and center), the trio of third wheels began playing off each other, competing and cohering for soulful, precise versions of their most defiantly choppy material. A mid-set video projection invited the audience to surrender to jokey anagrams of...
For the filmically snobby--those, say, who remember 1977 for Annie Hall--the release of George Lucas' space opera marks the point at which American film shook off any aesthetic aspirations and embraced explosions. Depending on what kind of movies you like--the Bonnie and Clyde-- Midnight Cowboy artiness that...
In its decisions, the committee tries to ensure variety and cover a range of aesthetic taste, Sacks said.
Ten years ago, Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg decided to forget everything they knew about filmmaking. Looking for a way to break what they considered bad habits behind the camera - like using music to set a mood or relying on clever editing to boost a weak scene...