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These meetings, and the scenes of Austerlitz’s story, often take place at twilight, or to use Sebald’s favourite phrase, in “the gathering dusk.” We are reminded of Henry James??s preference for that time in the day when shadows begin to lengthen—what he called “the divine dusk.” But while for James this atmosphere was one in which history glimmered, offering up its inspiration, for Sebald, the impending darkness serves as a metaphor for the inscrutability...
...love to last past Saturday night.” Working its way through into one of the many warm, mesmeric scenes of Lone Scherfig’s new movie, “An Education,” the song becomes emblematic of the film itself. The melancholic strings and James??s wistful vocals are echoed in, and intertwined with, the sixties chic and rainy day intimacy of Nick Hornby’s latest screenplay...
...like cubes; I think book ends are barbaric. They’re so primitive..books fall over and get stuck,” says Pinker. As for favorite books, Pinker points to Williams James??s Principles of Psychology...
...first act, it is clear that James?? recklessness is at least partially a façade. The problem is that nothing lies underneath. Perhaps James was meant to be fundamentally empty. Perhaps the same role would seem more nuanced if an older actor were in it. Or perhaps Sterle has just neglected to endow his performance with much needed complexity—although for an actor of such obvious skill, this seems unlikely. Whatever the reason, James does not bring as much to “Last Call” as Sara and Ellie, and at times...
However, the entire cast is very comfortable physically, which is critical in a play so reliant on body language and sexual tension. And despite the void in James?? character and the initial unease that comes from such young actors playing a professor, a lawyer and a graduate student, the cast ultimately rises to the challenge of the play’s demanding plot...