Word: craft
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stupidity, we decided to take a look anyway, having little else to do for the afternoon. Instead of snow, a chilling drizzle had fallen since morning, and we quickly became irritated when bad directions sent us circling back into town toward the seafood restaurants and little olde craft shoppes...
...carnival) are yet to come. In the end his Don Juan learns what all Don Juans have learned: that they are searching for an ideal woman who does not, cannot exist; that they are thus doomed to a lovelessness that makes a mockery of their extraordinary exertions in the craft of love. There are easier ways to make so banal a point...
...right, Frank (James Caan) is good at his craft. And Thief deserves credit for presenting a hard, cool look at how the ancient art of safecracking has adapted itself to the latest advances in electronics and metallurgy. But if Frank is too smart ever to get caught in the act, the fuzz might consider busting Michael Mann's debut film for loitering with intent to talk existential philosophy at the scene of the crime...
...eyes, judging just how far he can go before people revolt against his manipulations-all this marks Heard's as a big but never too broad performance. That somehow one keeps liking him, laughing at him, worrying about him, speaks of a gift that goes beyond craft, just as Heard's portrayal of a wildly obsessed lover in 1979's Head over Heels did. He is one of the very few actors who can retain their humanity while tumbling over a psychological edge...
...remains a part-time chef for a catering service. "The only perceptible changes," he says, "are a new chair without yellow tape to hold the stuffing in -and the fact that we're having another baby. The typewriter is the same, and I'm still learning my craft...