Word: legendizing
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...film, yet Crowe highlighted and Post-it-noted the text like a grad student. "I wanted to have an intimate knowledge about Nelson," he says. "I wanted to feel the sense of him, because Jack served with him as a very young man, at least that's the legend of the fictitious character. None of this research is a burden," he adds. "I'm just inquisitive...
John Aubrey is a captain for all winds. His bravery is seasoned by intelligence; his initiative is tempered by loyalty to the Crown and its naval legend Lord Nelson. Aubrey commands his frigate, the Surprise, with strength, not bravado, and an ease and rigor that win the respect of his men. He also has what any bunch of superstitious sailors needs in a boss: a nose for good fortune. They call him Lucky Jack. His nickname is a prayer to the fickle Fates that rule the sea, his presence a guarantee that the crew's lives are in the best...
...preconceptions. In Fiona Apple’s “Criminal,” he takes the barely legal sensuality of the singer and sullies it in decidedly illicit ways, and in the highly regarded “Hurt,” he lays out the iconic legend of Johnny Cash in flashes of archival footage until offering the ailing singer at his most vulnerable. Countless other directors work at a similar level of inspired ingenuity, including computer animator Shynola (Queens of the Stone Age’s “Go with the Flow”) and Jonathan Glazer...
After one of his finest seasons behind the Eli bench (18 wins), coaching legend Tim Taylor ’63 must retool this year, in the wake of star center Chris Higgins’ early departure to the Montreal Canadiens. And while the absence of Higgins is a big blow—he would have been an early Hobey Baker front-runner—the cupboard is not empty in New Haven...
...When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend it’s a lot of hard work and patience. You can’t play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that,” he says...