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...falls way short. Harry Thoreau lives next to a mythic pool, while Henry Thoreau lived next to a mythic pond, but this is left just a gimmick. Much of the movie takes place at the Marilyn Motel. The controversy surrounding Monroe's life and death is supposed to echo the theme of extraordinary events. The film's script cripples any possibly interesting manifestation of this potentially interesting idea...
...creating the atmosphere of alienation and strain, Matteau initially relies on a kind of Beckett-like taciturnity that is only occasionally successful. The way the characters repeat and echo one another's short, cryptic statements--"I'm tapped out," "I can't"--is intended to be disturbing but the rhythm of these sections is off, often falling into a singsong that destroys the intended effect. The style is further undermined by the fact that Flee's valley-girl drawl, while effective for the character, is to mindless and unsympathetic to carry the evocative overtones that this kind of dialogue obviously...
...Jernigan family in Raleigh, North Carolina, has tried to help friends cope with sorrow, with sickness, the death of a child, the draining of hope. They know what it's like to fall on their knees and scream in prayer, listening for an answer and hearing only an echo. But they will also talk about miracles and how they can happen, not just long ago but at any time. Their miracle is named Elizabeth...
...1970s through the early '80s. Human-rights workers and relatives of at least 9,000 Argentines who "disappeared" under military rule have long contended that the missing were systematically murdered by troops acting on orders from the ruling generals. But Scilingo is the first ex-officer to echo these charges in public...
...folks at MTV did not invent acoustic music. But by championing the sound, Unplugged has had widespread impact throughout the music industry. Radio stations have sponsored Unplugged-type concerts, and pop stars who have never been on Unplugged--soul singer Vanessa Williams, for example--have released albums that echo the show's soft-pop, pared-down sound. Andre Harrell, head of Uptown records, sees the unplugged style spreading. "Jodeci, in its upcoming album, is doing an acoustic song," he says. "Babyface did an acoustic-guitar song, When Can I See You. I'm sure some of that was inspired...