Word: gorgeousity
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...brilliance of Tom's amoral talents. But Minghella knows a good story when he sees one--his last triumph was the sweeping, stony The English Patient-- and he treats Tom Ripley's tale like David Lean on an epic bender. The thriller story becomes woven into a gorgeous, glorious travelogue through the high points of Italian sightseeing, circa 1957. And, I'll admit, I'm a sucker for a pretty shot of Roman sunlight...
...movie not only plays wonderfully, it looked gorgeous. From the stark isolation of the mountainous orphanage and the gray and white sterility of its interior to the rolling shores of the coast and the vast stretches of the apple farms, the movie is set against a stunning landscape. Director Lasse Hallstrom (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, Something to Talk About, Abba: The Movie) strikes a balance between the dourness of the orphanage with the optimism of the coast, while not letting the movie get too caught up in either locale...
...loving, gregarious, outgoing kind of guy" yes no has tattoos yes yes "gets into all sorts of mischief" no yes has a following among gay men yes no "breathtakingly gorgeous" yes no often wears little more than underwear yes yes doesn't talk no if only...
Butoy has another lovely piece: Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier grafted onto Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto. The one-legged soldier and his ballerina love battle an evil Jack-in-the-box in a gorgeous blend of traditional and computer animation. Eric Goldberg has a snippet set to Carnival of the Animals--flamingoes playing with yo-yos--that is giddy enough to remind you of Bob Clampett's 1943 cartoon classic A Corny Concerto. The Goldberg variation on Rhapsody in Blue is a smartly syncopated tribute to ageless caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. In the style of the NINAs...
Emmet Ray (Sean Penn) is the premier American jazz guitarist. His fingers sculpt gorgeous sounds from the six strings; I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles was never so poignant or supple as in his hands. But Emmet is also a pimp, petty thief, paranoid...if there's a bad word that starts with p, he's likely to be it. Driven by ego, dogged by insecurity, he rationalizes his outrages as the spillage of an overflowing talent...