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Dali's most inspired decision was to reach back to late 19th century realism, to paint in a hyperdetailed style that could be more dreamlike than any of the fright-mask distortions of Picasso. Knowing very well how it would be received by militant modernists, he adopted Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier, the last word in retrograde Academicism, as the model for his enameled surfaces and high-definition images. The final twist was that so many of Dali's images, all those flaccid watches and fluid shapes, remained utterly ambiguous. He cast the clearest light possible on unnameable things...
...They said, well, she’s not going to be a brain surgeon, she might as well go into theater,” Zeta-Jones said. She has since acted in nearly two dozen Hollywood films, including The Mask of Zorro, Chicago, Ocean’s Twelve, and Traffic...
...week ago, Noah Welch addressed the Beanpot Press Luncheon crowd in a suit and a tie. And as much press as the 109th captain of Harvard hockey has gotten over the course of his career, he couldn’t quite mask the childish excitement in his voice...
...transatlantic hijack thriller starring Jodie Foster. And Eichinger has teamed with fellow German Tom Tykwer, director of the international hit, Run Lola Run, to make Perfume, based on the award-winning novel by German author Patrick Süskind, about an 18th century serial killer who tries to mask the stench of decadent French society with fragrances distilled from his victims' bodies (Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman are tipped to star). As Hollywood reinvigorates its product with injections of European culture, Tykwer's compatriots are relaxing and becoming more catholic in their approach to filmmaking. Volker Schlöndorff...
Lean R. Lussier ’07 said she was looking forward to catching a glimpse of Zeta-Jones during the star’s visit to Cambridge, since The Mask of Zorro is her favorite movie...