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...egalité, vengeance.” As in Dickens’ novel, Darnay is spared by the sacrifice of Sydney Carton (Barry A. Shafrin ’09), who courageously dons Carton’s wig. But unlike the surly Carton of the book, Shafrin’s character??with thick Harry Potter glasses and too-high pants tucked into argyle socks—was cowering and nerdy, a perfect and hilarious foil to Martin’s commanding presence. Speaking in a finely honed French accent and moving with a deliberate energy, Burkle—whose character...
...focuses the viewers’ attention on the mental and emotional states of the characters, while at other times it takes the film through tangential episodes that look really amazing but serve no purpose to the plot.The positive, useful version of cinematography cunningly reflects the extremes of each character??s psychology, often while they are under the influence of drugs, alcohol or heavy doses of emotion (these episodes occur frequently throughout the film). During one of the more intimate scenes, the camera slowly shifts back and forth between the faces of Harlan and Tobe until they seem...
...Even Opal, the novel’s richest character??a type-A high school senior who reveals early on that Harvard admission has been her destiny “since birth”—sometimes comes across more like the villain in an unreasonable and terrifying nightmare than an actual person...
...actually witness what Streep would be like as a mediocre entertainer. The imperial actress plays against her austere character type, transforming into second-rate country singer Yolanda Johnson on set of the final broadcast of Garrison Keillor’s live radio variety show.“My character??s supposed to be a kind of a half-assed singer, so the mistakes were ok,” Streep says at a press conference at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre, hours before receiving the Coolidge award. “That’s how I rationalized...
HSDF has a worthwhile goal in theory, but in practice it is creating a sterilized Cambridge with little personality. By overly concentrating on restaurant-operating hours in the Square, it misses the chance to really hold onto some of the Cambridge character??I’m pretty sure those who live here won’t look back on their fond memories of Bank of America. More importantly, HSDF is creating a Cambridge that alienates the students who call it home...