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...Gripping??€”or at the very least, attempting to grip—all the other characters in an iron fist is the larger-than-life figure of Madame Rosepettle. Resembling a fashion-forward Wicked Witch of the West in a series of all-black mourning outfits (designed by Heidi Hermiller) in honor of the dead husband whose coffin sits by her bed, she manages to combine the regal and the psychotic eerily well. Palma lends an appropriate volume and edge to her character, often seeming to be on the verge of physically attacking someone, but lacks some...
...moment when popsters’ ideas of a good time seem dangerously limited to drunkenness (The Strokes), public exposure (Janet) and grevious bodily harm (Jack White), OK Go prefer to make audiences giggle. Their eponymous album, released in late 2002, isn’t particularly gripping??€”a series of sunny pop songs equally influenced by emo and the retro-chic of bands like The Apples in Stereo. But OK Go, like all bands worth their salt, come into their own when playing live...
...interior and exterior spaces, a pair of on-stage camerapersons send live footage of various scenes directly to the screen. Issues of form aside, this makes for moments of tremendous dramatic power—intense moments of dialogue and close-ups on actor’s faces are quite gripping??€”and images of considerable beauty (such as a lengthy shot of the dead Strozzi daughter’s hand...
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