Word: frames
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...belongings," she says. "Those are traps." It takes her the length of the film to realize that isolation is the deadliest snare, that the only release is art and passion. But the true drama can be found in Kieslowski's meticulous images. Cool and seductive, they are the perfect frame for Binoche's harried glamour...
Real life in this novel is even more complex, funny and fascinating than its mock fairy-tale frame. Atwood's latest novel involves three college acquaintances' entanglements with evil: Roz, the daughter of successful Jewish immigrants; Tony, a historian of warfare; and Charis, a believer in aura and the virtues of fruit. In telling their stories, Atwood takes a stab at the rationales of many such modern fairy tales, examining contemporary female stereotypes as well as issues of personal and moral responsibility. Her heroines have to fight for what is theirs, and often seem to lose what little they...
That said, it is obvious to the viewer why "Rashomon" is considered a masterpiece. The film's plot is extraordinarily simple. The frame narrative of the film, set in the 8th century, takes place at the Rashomon, the great gate of the imperial city of Kyoto, which lies in ruins. A woodcutter, a Buddhist priest and a traveler have gathered at the gate to seek shelter from torrential rain, and to pass the time they discuss a trial of a crime that took place some days before. A samurai and his wife were traveling through the woods. They were assaulted...
With a tough road series ahead (not a home game in December), the Crimson badly wanted the same two points it got out of an overtime win against the Bears in Providence to start the year, but after dominating the first half of the extra frame, Harvard had to kill 40 seconds of a Ben Coughlin cross-check to end the game with one point...
This emerging crusade demonstrates Clinton's understanding that no other individual in the country possesses the president's ability to shape national debate and frame moral principles. It offers hope that Clinton has the heartfelt convictions that American longs for in a president. And it suggests that this country may finally have found a president with the ability and the will to revive the national sense of purpose and promise that vanished 30 years ago in Dallas...