Word: linger
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...moonstruck, magical and mythic. This production hints at these qualities but never quite lends them a fairyland shimmer and substance. Shakespeare's rich fund of vernal imagery all but makes up the deficit. If no real bird song lilts in a bosky dell, the playwright's words linger in the air like ineffable music. Shakespeare seems to extol a gentle harmony in nature, which he feels that gods, kings, lovers and men of common clay would do well to emulate. A shrewd judge of audiences, he sows discord to whet the appetite for concord...
...baseball fan can linger nostalgically over these moments, precisely collected in Five Seasons, as if they were old family snapshots. Angell's love of the game is infectious; it is friends like him, Max Lapides, Don Shapiro, and Bert Gordon that will keep the sport safe from Howard Cosell, the Big "A", and all the other forces threatening to transform the subtle pleasures of baseball into just another entertainment. --Seth Kaplan
Drinking is openly and brashly accepted at Harvard, while pot and other drugs linger as whispers. One senior named Paul who admitted to using mescaline and acid monthly and who classified himself as a daily marijuana smoker said hotly, "This place is so hypocritical. They accept one of the most powerful drugs (alcohol) in plain open view but if I smoke a joint outside in the courtyard someone always glares at me. It's so hypocritical...
...forgotten that we shouldn't or because Cesar Chavez's cause seems hopeless or because we've ceased to care about California's farm workers. And when we scan a semi-crowded subway car, we unconciously choose a seat next to a member of our own race. Slogans linger but they no longer resound with passion. Instead, they splash across slick Madison Avenue advertisement. "Eat our yogurt. Rediscover nature...
...visuals are no exception. Director of photography Dave Myers shot all the scenes in exclusively natural colors and light, and the richness and clarity of the hues are striking. For this reviewer, the acid test of a movie's cinematography and lighting effects lies in whether specific scenes linger in the memory and can be readily brought to mind as an instant association with the mere mention of the title. Welcome fills this bill of particulars admirably; look for the shot of Carradine at a piano, his head and body dappled here and there with rays of light that highlight...