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...This depiction of ruthless ambition and idolatry of wealth portrays the economic frenzy of the 1990s. Not only does this movie convey the obsession with the quantity of wealth (and the ignorance of how to use and enjoy it), but also the speed at which money is gained and lost. Condemning the money hungry stockbrokers for losing their values, morality,and their very selves to wealth, this movie shows the emptiness and danger when money becomes an object of worship...
...that the explicit dictionary meaning is to be viewed as the untrustworthy, subjective response of the listeners. He said he "did not mean to imply that there should ever be any kind of inquiry into the personal political opinions of the officers. That is not what I meant to convey--that's what you heard." Whatever happened to, "I spoke too quickly in debate. After sober reflection, I see that the answer is otherwise...
...trying to convey passion in a voice devoid of it. "I'm actually invigorated by today," he said. "I'm feeling great...This is a good part of the campaign because we're finding a rhythm. Sometimes you miss a shot; you go on." But sometimes you miss a shot, and the game's over. As he wrote in one of his books, "One errant pass, one shot that bounces off the rim, and a game (a team, your life) can be changed." Asked about this cold fact, he said those outcome-altering moments come only...
...trick, of course, is to convey that sense of place and the texture of Vermeer's achievement without sounding like an art-history major. Chevalier's way is to have Greit assigned to clean Vermeer's studio, where she can observe the artist playing with light and color. Taken by Greit's fresh face and openness, Vermeer encourages the girl's curiosity. He solicits her comments and soon has her grinding his pigments...
...always imagined that I would be doing stuff that interested me," he reports. "In fact, I'm always puzzled by people who say they want to be film directors independently of wanting to convey anything, as if somehow it's a job description, it's a container without content. Originally, I wanted to be a writer, and I started interviewing people well before I became a filmmaker. I don't think it was ever wanting to make films, per se, but I was becoming more and more excited by the idea that the stuff I wanted to say, I could...