Word: gothic
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Many of those who knew Gayl say her strange life with Bob was less about tragic accident than gothic design. "Gayl was not a puppet. She fell in love," says author and friend Nettie Jones (no relation). Since childhood, Gayl had seemed lost inside her own head. As a student, she sat in class swallowed under layers of clothes, just her face and huge eyes peeking out, speaking only when spoken to. But what she said was often brilliant. "Other students would turn to her and say, 'O.K., Gayl, what's the answer?' She always had the answer," remembers...
Inside, the cathedral is a monument to enormity, befitting the religious ecstasies of Gothic architecture. It is both a functioning church, a crypt--the remains of Christopher Columbus, who died more than 100 years before Harvard was founded, are said to lie here--and a treasure house of art and reliquaries...
Samuel L. Jackson produces and stars in this gothic tale of infidelity and voodoo in the Louisiana bayou, but graciously hands the story over to the lesser known actresses surrounding him, including Debbi Morgan as a haunted clairvoyant and Jurnee Smollett as his precocious daughter. Director and writer Kasi Lemmons demonstrates impressive style and maturity in this dark, hypnotic film. --Jeremy J. Ross...
...artists ranging from Trisha Yearwood to Hootie & the Blowfish), then as a TV special, and finally a stage show. After that: Havana, a "musical comedy noir" set in the 1940s; a musical version of Alice in Wonderland; and Svengali, the second (after Jekyll) in what he envisions as a gothic trilogy...
Samuel L. Jackson produces and stars in this gothic tale of infidelity and voodoo in the Louisiana bayou, but graciously hands the story over to the lesser known actresses surrounding him, including Debbi Morgan as a haunted clairvoyant and Jurnee Smollett as his precocious daughter. Director and writer Kasi Lemmons demonstrates impressive style and maturity in this dark, hypnotic film...