Word: element
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Laws of Gravity" was shot on a $38,000 budget, but Gomez is fortunate and skilled. He does not allow his budget restrictions to hurt the movie--they add a crucial element of street-wise realism...
...most memorable element of the movie are the concerts, where Roberts, played by Tim Robbins, croons conservative tunes with lyrics such as "This land was made for me," "Drugs stink, they make me sick" and "Times are changing back." He also strums a guitar with a stars and stripes strap around his neck...
Such as Sister Act. Waiting for Whoopi's dangerous-to-your-health mouth to fulminate is the main plot element -- no, the sole plot element -- of this Disney no-brainer, one of those renegade-hides-out-with-cute -nuns movies that + Hollywood makes every three years. So Sister Act (which has grossed $125 million to date) has a touch of class it doesn't really deserve. So do Clara's Heart, Jumpin' Jack Flash and Ghost (for which Goldberg got the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, though she is firm in announcing that she's an actor, and never mind...
Magritte was not a "literary" artist, and his work was more about situation than narrative. Nevertheless, his titles were important to him, and they are never neutral. They were, so to speak, pasted on the image like another collage element, inflecting its meaning without explaining it. They reflected his browsing in high and popular culture. The Glass Key comes from Dashiell Hammett, and references to the Fantomas thrillers (on which Magritte, along with the rest of the Surrealists and everyone else in France and Belgium, doted) are everywhere. On the other hand, The Man from the Sea is Balzac...
Jones said that the weekend drizzle added a special, unexpected effect. "The laser beam hitting the drops of water made it look like it was sparkling," he said. He said the element of surprise was crucial to the overall effect of the show...