Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lessen its inflationary impact, the auto tax would start low and climb high. Initially it would be around $400 for cars that get ten miles or less to the gallon; by 1985 the tax could grow to as much as $2,500. By contrast, the rebate would start out in the $300 range for the most economical cars (those that get 39 miles or more to the gallon) and rise to a maximum of $500 by 1985. The distribution of such a variety of rebates would doubtless be a burdensome bureaucratic chore. The purpose of the plan is to give...
...flounders through life in the throes of utter despondency. The exception appears in the form of the superstar vocalist Eric Wood, played by Richard Baskin (who also wrote the scores for Welcome and Nashville). He serves the function of being the token enigma in the cast, providing a refreshing contrast with the honesty-chic psychobabble of the Los Angelenos. Rudolph deliberately made no effort to flesh out the character, to probe his innermost feelings. The viewer never sees Wood outside of the recording studio, and he maintains his aloofness even within his own habitat, always seated behind a piano bathed...
...readily brought to mind as an instant association with the mere mention of the title. Welcome fills this bill of particulars admirably; look for the shot of Carradine at a piano, his head and body dappled here and there with rays of light that highlight the contrast of the silhouetted songwriter against the blackness of his darkened living room. The craftsmanship and care that went into the filming are stamped all over the movie; I had to double check with Rudolph to confirm that I had correctly understood him when he blithely informed me that he had worked with...
...dark. Then the fairy chorus is on stage, high voices piping "over hill, over dale..." and the stage, mostly bare of scenery, comes alive. What strikes the viewer, in addition to these spirits' freedom from Tinkerbell-ishness, is the 'fairies' self-consciousness and rather awkward stance, in sharp contrast with their lyrical singing. Harvard is hardly teeming with good dancers, but their absence in the opera rather detracts from the unearthly effect created by the music--these immortals are so obviously of-this-world. They wear a few wisps of gauze, to be sure, but leotards in purples and greens...
...Enthusiasm. The Kantan-gese invaders are drawn mainly from the Lunda tribe, traditionally among Central Africa's fiercest warriors. Shaba villagers have received them with open enthusiasm. Government troops, who speak Lingala-the language of the Congo River basin-rather than the local variant of Swahili, are, by contrast, feared and shunned...