Word: bittersweet
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...Much. In 1934 Ozu directed an 86-minute silent (the Japanese were late in making the transition to sound) about an aging actor who returns with his theater troupe and his current mistress to his home town, where he reunites with his former lover and their now grown son. Bittersweet misery ensues. In 1959, when Ozu's reserved style was fully formed, he remade the story as two-hour color film photographed by the great Kazuo Miyagawa, the cinematographer of Kurosawa's Rashomon and Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu. The audio commentary on the later film is by Roger Ebert. Donald...
...been really proud to represent this school and play in front of the Harvard fans for these past couple of years,” Altchek said. “It was a little bittersweet for me knowing this would be my last Ivy game, but I couldn’t have scripted it better...
...We’re friends 364 days of the year, and we both think of ourselves as fierce competitors,” Murphy added. “In some ways, it’s bittersweet if you win and bittersweet if you lose. I’d rather be the bittersweet...
...bittersweet time. God-consciousness is punctuated when you’re hungry, and when you have to break that fast, it’s hard to preserve that feeling of community...
...success of his wildlife-preservation campaign is bittersweet, as he's doubtful he will ever see the results with his own eyes. "I'd like to go home again," he says. "I just don't know...