Word: clippings
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Over the course of their journey they encounter peculiar artifacts (egg beaters, a 1972 photo clip of Richard Nixon) and individuals (a cannibal with an Alsace-Lorrainean accent, a beatnik troll) who lead them to the realization that they are not just travelling over land, but through time and into the future...
...resembles the fictional Odette, but she tries to distance herself from suffocating attention, tries to limit passion to the stage and embrace practicality off it. Balanchine's attentions were consuming. He designed little furs for her and bought her shoes because "I just love to hear you clip-clopping along." After she broke the spell, she danced old roles and new ones, finally watching Mr. B.'s slow decline and death...
...only predictable or tired aspect of the movie's conclusion is the device chosen to end it. Ford predictably does his voice-over while the same empty courtroom from the opening clip is again shown on screen...
This feeling of malaise stemmed from a new perspective on Israel. He read an article about some Israeli soldiers who tired to bury alive four Palestinians, apparently for no reason. "Probably for stone throwing," he scornfully comments. Shortly thereafter, he saw a clip on television news of Israeli soldiers beating Palestinian soldiers "not to subdue them out above and beyond the call of duty...
After graduation, I have jobs on the Detroit Free Press and the Miami Herald. If I had covered women's swimming and women's lacrosse--two of the best, most deserving teams on this campus--I wouldn't have a story "worthy" of sending to potential papers as a clip. I wouldn't have been able to get a job at the Podunk Town Crier...