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Word: gerunds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Lately, the titles themselves have become inscrutable and genuinely unsymbolic. Despite the critical acclaim for the movie, to what exactly does the title "Reservoir Dogs" refer? A particularly glaring category embraces those titles that combine a gerund and a person's name. The first of these were acceptably succinct, e.g. "Educating Rita" and "Eating Raoul." Not too difficult to figure out what these films were about, no. But then, a couple of years ago, came that cinematic treasure known as "Regarding Henry." So, it's a film about Henry. What about Henry? No one could possible know...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: DARTBOARD | 4/8/1995 | See Source »

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