Word: doomful
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...more and more frequently employed towards the end. At one point, all the characters freeze while a very fast electric strobe flickers on the black and white stage, accompanied by an electronic whirring that increases in speed rhythmically with the light. The effect adds to the sense of impending doom and chaos that builds to a climax in the last scene during Faustus' magnificent final monologue...
...movie also fails to maintain this half-mocking stance. Instead, it returns to the typical old flame rekindled, the typical crowed panics, and all of the supposedly impending doom comes off as simple tedium. The music echoes the rumblings of Jaws, and endless towering boadwalks leer at the audience. The movie takes back everything it is trying to create, be they screams of terror or howls of laughter...
...often, weak writing rules. Impossibilities abound, such as a scene where a wind-blown hat lures a girl to her doom, but somehow remains stationary overnight to provide a telltale clue. Blood Beach also tries to spoof know-it-all scientists and tight-fisted politicians, but is too lazy to drive its point home...
...composer cried after the premiere of his work. His passion for life and love, and the impending doom he felt achieves palpability in the percussion's pulse, the woodwinds' C minor arias in the third movement, and the brass' blues. Abbado's interpretation, whether instinctive or well-planned, hits the mark just like Bernstein, who pioneered the performance of Mahler's symphonies for concert-goers...
Congratulations on your choice for Man of the Year [Jan. 5]. Ronald Reagan brings a new philosophy, pride and confidence to our country, and will sweep away the gloom and doom that dominated...