Word: blissed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...American director, a bit of a cult figure himself in Europe, regretted that the real message of transcendental meditation, which he calls an "ancient eternal knowledge verified by Western science," was being lost in the furor. "Mankind was not made to suffer," he said. "We are all one. Bliss is our nature ... But somehow tonight this beautiful gift has gotten perverted. Let's march boldly toward a bright and shining future!" The strangeness of the whole affair was not lost on film students in the audience, one of whom caught it on film . At the very least, the evening...
...possible that Philip Seymour Hoffman may finally have found perfect bliss. He has, of course, been terrific in films ranging from Capote to Mission Impossible 3, but the chance to play perfect evil - a delirious combination of hubris and stupidity - does not come along every day, even for protean performers like Hoffman. Yet here he is, deadly calm and dead-pan hilarious as Andy, the meanest man in the world, in what may be (slightly more arguably) the meanest movie in the world, Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead...
Rorty compares Nabokov, the author of aesthetic bliss who despised all vulgar political propaganda and “topical trash,” with Orwell, the earnest, morally courageous author of clumsy allegories. He bases his ideal of the “liberal ironist” on this opposition, confronting the unsettling truth that the Nietzschean ethic of self-creation and eternal struggle can often conflict with the liberal politics of J.S. Mill...
...rather impressive hard rock guitar of Matthew and the powerful beats of guest drummer Robert D’Amico. Songs like “Automatic Husband” and “Ex-Guru” begin with promising, tight intros, and for about a minute I experience indie bliss. But then that damn Oujia board takes hold and the lyrics goes careening off in the wrong direction while we’re left with some flute solo or a heavy metal interlude. Very few songs can survive such abrupt transitions (Derek and the Dominoes?...
Glassman is especially competent at conveying Schulz’s always-active artistic imagination and his delight in every bit of bliss he discovers. The other actors are skillfull as well, and their versatility helps liven the pace of the play...