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...unclear who’s in control. And even though the two barely know one another, Jeff and Haley use their most primal instincts to gain the upper hand and each keeps succumbing to his/her own inherent weakness This dynamic makes certain scenes hard to watch, especially the climax, but the film’s so engrossing that it really is worth the torment. Interestingly, during the most intense sequences, the camera never strays from the characters’ expressions. What’s also fascinating about these two characters is director David Slade never lets the audience decide with...
...public opinion-H.M. KING GYANENDRA DOES NOT SEEK CHEAP POPULARITY, reads a propaganda billboard in central Kathmandu. Last fall the opposition parties entered into a loose alliance with the Maoists and began a program of mass protests as the rebels enforced national strikes, a campaign they planned to climax on April...
...most indebted to older music. For example, the slow-burning opener, “Swans (Life After Death),” follows the same sonic arc as Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” as a subdued introduction simmers to a major key climax before burning out in an extended, guitar-wanking, minor-key conclusion. The muddy, intoxicated instrumentation of “Where There’s A Will There’s A Whalebone” quotes a section of Jimi Hendrix’s “Third Stone from...
...Tony Kaye In their latest video, “Dani California,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers play rock and roll dress-up, mimicking famous televised performances, from Elvis Presley’s early network appearances to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged session, reaching a climax when the band appears as—surprise!—themselves. Unfortunately, all these changing costumes only remind us that the Chili Peppers have been stuck in the same musical-historical rut for the past 10 years. “Dani California” sounds like any of the flood...
...hours before receiving the Coolidge award. “That’s how I rationalized it, anyway.” According to Altman, those off-key imperfections color the film: “I was looking for mistakes to improve the script,” he explains. The climax of a month-long Streep celebration, Streep joined fellow actors John C. Reilly, Kevin Kline, and director Robert Altman after a preview screening of the film, to discuss both the craft and the award, which honors original and challenging film making.“This award is really celebrating...