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Perhaps this scene is the director’s acknowledgement of the film’s theatrical origin and his attempt to incorporate images of the stage into film’s visual idiom vis-à-vis postmodern notions of meta-narrativity...
...Paul Taylor Dance Company, formed 30 years ago, is often described as the last true modern dance group, before the movement divided into various postmodern strands. If energy, cohesiveness and a deeply shared dance idiom are the characteristics of a "classic" modern company, then Taylor's troupe of 17 performers practically embodies the term. It seems to be on a particular roll now, bringing extra power and velocity to some of the most physically demanding choreography ever made...
...known architectural scroll from the period "reflects the application of geometry in the Islamic tradition," according to "Turks" catalog editor David J. Roxburgh, a Harvard professor of history of art and architecture. The Ottomans took over in 1299, conquering neighbors, absorbing artistic styles, and creating a new, recognizable visual idiom. Objects from the first 150 years of their long rule - which ended in the early 20th century - are represented by the gold-decorated ceremonial sword of Süleyman I ("the Magnificent"), its hilt of walrus ivory missing the precious stones it once held; colorful caftans belonging to Mehmed...
...warrior state like Britain, Spain, Australia and others and is seeking for its bad fate," the statement said, adding: "Mujahids (holy warriors) have the right to kill their prisoners and behead them, no attention will be brought for who is alleging that prisoners are 'civilians,' there is no such idiom in our jurisdiction...
...spent six days sitting on the floor of Roth's New York City apartment, typing in French as he paced and read the text aloud. "She wanted to hear the cadences," says Roth, "and I wanted to know whether, at any point, she was at all unsure of my idiom and its precise connotation." When it was done, Kamoun and Roth celebrated over bowls of spaghetti at an Italian restaurant. Neither could muster a word during dinner. "We were exhausted, spent of language," she recalls. Roth and the other writers she translates know how valuable her contribution is. And discerning...