Word: detailism
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...deadpan, that it’s a perfect blend between the seriousness of “Bedroom” and the satirical tone of Alexander Payne’s adaptation of another Perrotta novel, “Election.” Perotta’s book is obsessed with detail, fleshing out every facet of these twisted characters, and Field attempts the same in the film. Winslet masterfully tackles her challenging role, as she has most recently with “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Iris.” It?...
...wistful purity and tragic transcendence, as if sadly embodying a spoiled, yet lonely child’s melancholic yearning. The movie is, above all, a testament to incongruity and ambivalence: much as Marie is at once dangerously unrestrained and wholly stifled, Coppola herself is simultaneously attentive to historic detail and not unpleasantly anachronistic in her revisionism. Seamlessly integrating 80s post-punk in the most sublime of ways, there’s something undeniably lovely in her resuscitation of a dusty historical narrative, resisting stuffy reconstruction in favor of dreamily imaginative detail. Though ostensibly starring Jason Schwartzman in a delightfully dead...
...Referencing your prodigious use of detail, Joan Didion wrote that you find "[nothing] too insignificant for inclusion." Might you include me in your next book...
...catwalk above where Arlo D. Hill ’08 sang the triumphant “A Simple Song.”These two numbers established the tone for the evening—a serious look at Bernstein’s music with the utmost attention to detail and musicianship. All of the performers were clothed entirely in black; the stage was lit minimally to create a focused environment. Bernstein’s three children took the stage to offer some words about their father and the music in the show. Unfortunately, the trio often resorted to campy shtick...
...Piano Variations”—a piece that Bernstein is said to have played for composer Aaron Copland at their first meeting, beginning a mentorship that was to last for the rest of their lives. Bartosik performed the striking, dissonant piece with impeccable attention to detail, and the piece—said to “empty the room” when Bernstein performed it socially—instead elicited cheers throughout the audience. The concert then featured three selections from musicals Bernstein produced during his adolescence, all ably accompanied on the piano by Derrick L. Wang...