Word: exotica
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...What a Tangled Web We Weave: The Adjuster and Exotica...
...Egoyan began to explore the complex web of human relationships, as well as the dark secrets lurking behind those relationships, in two particularly disconcerting films: The Adjuster in 1992 and Exotica, a twisty thriller that many view as his breakthrough, in 1994. Neither film should be watched with the expectation of a story that moves fluidly from point A to point B. Egoyan's focus is on the complex connections between his characters, and thus, the normal conventions of time and structure take a backseat to this desire. "I wanted to make a film about believable people doing believable things...
...beats working for Goldman--if you don't like stiff suits and you're up for months of exotica on a shoestring budget...
...indigestible. Thankfully, and refreshingly, kitsch-pop masters Pizzicato Five can still render postmodernism an enjoyably tasteful joy ride. They trip through safe and smiley TV-land in a jalopy heap slapped together from '60s and jap pop, hip hop beats, funk threads, classical samples, bossa nova riffs and exotica, running on smooth easy-listening gas. Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi blend and blush an all-Japanese soundtrack to the imaginary lifestyle of the international playboy/girl set. "Rolls Royce" is experimentally clever but strung on an annoying shrill that detracts from adorable bubbletunes like "La Dpression," "Playboy Playgirl...
...indigestible. Thankfully, and refreshingly, kitsch-pop masters Pizzicato Five can still render postmodernism an enjoyably tasteful joy ride. They trip through safe and smiley TV-land in a jalopy heap slapped together from '60s and jap pop, hip hop beats, funk threads, classical samples, bossa nova riffs and exotica, running on smooth easy-listening gas. Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi blend and blush an all-Japanese soundtrack to the imaginary lifestyle of the international playboy/girl set. "Rolls Royce" is experimentally clever but strung on an annoying shrill that detracts from adorable bubbletunes like "La Depression," "Playboy Playgirl...