Word: hollywoodized
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...made a habit of teaching Hollywood how little it knows about audiences, proving broad crowds would embrace a gay Western (Brokeback Mountain) and show up for a subtitled martial arts flick (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). With his new film, the NC-17-rated, Mandarin-language spy thriller Lust, Caution, the Oscar-winning director is once again ignoring the rules of commercial filmmaking...
...Middle East, it needs to link up with moderate Arabs like Faris. The other, more chilling thought, held till the film's final scene, is that this war won't end until both sides can somehow be convinced it's over. And that's an ending even Hollywood in the 40s would have a hard time selling...
...slow to grant building permits because of concerns over unscrupulous practices and environmental impact. The only course in Istria is the oldest in the Balkans. The 18-holer on the Brijuni Islands is located on Marshal Tito's former private playground, where the Yugoslav dictator once hosted dignitaries and Hollywood stars. As if evoking Tito's fleeting and superficial glory, the course is left untended, and the greens are manicured by grazing deer...
...really die in the end, or is he still alive?” “Why on earth did he cut off his ear? I don’t get it”), but soon you’ll stop worrying and forget it all. Hollywood glitz certainly wasn’t lacking in the London art scene this summer. You could have caught a glimpse at the Tate Modern’s Dalí exhibit, which highlighted his Hollywood aspirations. Or you could have strolled over the to White Cube Gallery and taken a gander at Damien Hirst?...
...While these full-lengths and a few interspersed EPs have found his homespun aesthetic—all tape hum and endearing errors—buried beneath ever-thickening layers of production, his new release, “The Shepherd’s Dog,” stands like a Hollywood blockbuster beside the backstage vaudeville of the catalogue that precedes it. Gone are the living-room fuzz and the steady solitude of a lone acoustic guitar. Gone, too, is the image of a storyteller, suspender-bound, murmuring myths on a sun-drenched porch. In some ways, to bemoan the increased...