Word: dark
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dark, claustrophobic interior settings of his previous films, Boyle captured a great deal of energy caged up in a small space; even simple scenes in Trainspotting were crackling with intensity. In the great outdoors of America, though, Boyle seems lost, taking in the luscious scenery with huge, flat, boring wide shots...
Unfortunately, melodies have taken a back seat on Come To Daddy. Fans of the dark, spectral soundscapes on James's masterly Selected Ambient Works Volume II will lament the lack of comparable melodic beauty. Slower tracks such as "Flim" don't stand up as well on repeat listens, although they serve as welcome breaks between the aural roar of the louder songs...
...Confession is perhaps the most endearing scene in the book. "I wished harm to Allie Reynolds [the Yankee pitcher]," she tells the priest. "Yes, I wished that Enos Slaughter of the Cards would break his ankle, that Phil Rizzuto of the Yanks would fracture a rib, and that Alvin Dark of the Giants would hurt his knee...I wished all these injuries would go away once the baseball season ended." The priest, who it seems also loved baseball, gives her a light penance--and asks her to pray for the Dodgers...
...your section who always does the reading and asks if he or she can hand his or her paper in early. After this adolescent phase (often marked by the growth of a large, tumor-like "thesis"), spawning begins, and we find colonies of proto-TFs developing in warm, dark places such as Loker and the Gato Rojo Cafe. Thriving on response papers and underused undergraduate brain cells, TFs have become one of the most populous species at the University...
Reagan Messer, as Tybalt, skillfully portrays the dark vengefulness of the character through sharp jumps and cold, forbidding demeanour. A frigid, severe expression and haughtily up-tilted nose make soloist Nadia Thompson a perfect Lady Capulet, though there is no conceivable reason why her character should be on pointe. Oddly enough, Pelzig throws in a hint of incest between Tybalt and Lady Capulet--maybe it's just the acting, but they certainly seem a little too uncomfortably close throughout the ballet...