Word: mannered
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...charm, and, though it seems clichéd to say it, Hoffman deserves that Oscar nomination.The humor of Capote, exemplified in his real life by his proclivity to tell amusing anecdotes on the talk show circuit, is convincingly portrayed. Capote’s big-city style, complete with overbearing manner and designer clothing is a stark contrast to the people and the Kansas landscape, full of long, barren shots, leafless trees, and overcast skies. He is the center of attention, not the murders, but the audience doesn’t mind as Capote’s quips break the tension.Despite...
...situations to which the reader can relate. We may not have been there on her trip with Dunne to Hawaii, but everyone has memories of family vacations. Everyone has stories of childhood emergency room visits. Everyone has experienced a love and a loss; Didion articulates her own in a manner that is at once strange and familiar, beautiful, and devastating.—Staff Writer Marin J.D. Orlosky can be reached at orlosky@fas.harvard.edu...
According to the author’s interpretation, Caravaggio’s modernity lies in his ambitious manner of portraying “a flawed and imperfect nature.” He grabbed “Gypsies” or courtesans on the street and made them his models. He painted overripe fruits and people with down-to-earth faces and expressions. His saints almost stepped out of the canvas, into the art galleries of the rich patrons who commissioned his paintings. The style she finds, of flaws leading to near-perfection, almost mirrors the portrayal of the artist?...
...Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?” These pants are voluminous when cut correctly, and so this statement is not for the faint of heart. Wear these pants with a simple or form fitting shirt and try to laugh in a throaty manner while throwing your head back so quickly that you almost shatter your spinal column...
...creates a panorama of rural England: dozens of humans with the standard Nick Park facial expression (dazed) and eccentricities (too much mouth and not enough teeth). Aardman's feature films are sponsored by the Hollywood studio DreamWorks, but their tone and humor are totally, defiantly, blitheringly English, in a manner reminiscent of the classic Ealing comedies. Were-Rabbit is admirably old-fashioned in another way: while the rest of the animation world has gone to computer-generated (CG) features, 95% of this film is handmade...