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Word: ares (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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SPECIFIC sequences are handled similarly. Like Griffith's, or indeed most any director's. they hinge on the decisions of the characters within them. the completion or failure of an intended action. In such scenes Griffith cuts between the entirely separate emotional qualities and quantities expressed by the characters' faces...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: The Moviegoer The Scarlet Letter at 2 Divinity Avenue tonight | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

The remarkable change of tone and import from Hawthorne's to Seastrom's Scarlet Letter can be traced in the distance between Seastrom's and Griffith's drama. One notices it first in Gish's acting. Her hands, which in Griffith persistently fluttered toward face and breast, are held in...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: The Moviegoer The Scarlet Letter at 2 Divinity Avenue tonight | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

In one sequence Gish. as Hester Prynne, pursues Lars Hansen (Arthur Dimmesdale) to and fro in an attempt to make him talk to her. Griffith would have depicted his decision by cutting to their two faces: Seastrom cuts to their feet walking along the country road. The physical aspect of...

Author: By Mike Prokosch, | Title: The Moviegoer The Scarlet Letter at 2 Divinity Avenue tonight | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

Lead guitarist Jimmy Page provides the primary force for Led Zeppelin. His playing is rhythmically acute. especially across bar lines. sane in the use of distortion and intelligent rather than self-indulgent. His solos offer neither the bludgeoning egotism of Jeff Beck. nor the excellent yet ultimately tedious work of...

Author: By Chris Rochester, | Title: The Rock Freak Led Zeppelin II | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

and so forth directly into "What Is and Should Never Be," a desultory serenade. This song's marcato conclusion features the best example of Plant's consummate syncopated singing in which he takes cognizance of each word past and forthcoming, and deftly employs the syllables to counterpoise the principal rhythm...

Author: By Chris Rochester, | Title: The Rock Freak Led Zeppelin II | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

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