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...good thing that most of the characters in Tsai Ming-liang's films seem to be compulsive smokers. The acclaimed Taiwan-based director is the master of the long, slow reveal that keeps camera movement to an absolute minimum. Just as frozen are his actors, who sit or stand or lie with that familiar art-house look of longing in their eyes, which often resembles nothing so much as a slight case of constipation. Were it not for the constant lighting of cigarettes and the smoke wreaths wafting through the frame, Tsai's scenes would be hard to distinguish from...
...then, about 100 of the 700 members of the 306th Battalion have gone missing in action. Of the rest, say the U.S. soldiers at the camp, 90% fail to show up on days of high tension. Those officers who have remained on the job--men like Raied, a former master sergeant in the old Iraqi army--say the bloody fighting that had gripped the country over the past month was a watershed; local people have turned against the U.S. and the ICDC. Morale has been shattered, and many Shi'ites, including members of the ICDC, have become hostile...
...Madras to write jingles for an ad agency. In 1992 Tamil director Mani Ratnam chose Rahman, then 26, to be musical director of the movie Roja. Scoring an Indian film means writing the songs (with a lyricist) as well as composing and conducting the background music. Rahman proved a master of it all. His songs were recognizably Indian but paraded a world of musical influences, from raga to reggae, from Broadway to Ennio Morricone, with each tune heightening the film's drama...
Kill Bill: Vol. 2, is an ode to the most cunning and sensuous lips ever to grace the screen. Under the lens of Robert Richardson, an emerging master of the close-up, Uma Thurman’s lips star in Vol. 2 as though they were themselves a separate character. Indeed, an entire subplot could be drawn merely among the players’ lips, which Tarantino leaves under scrutiny through his final scene. Surely most moviegoers will reject this lip thesis in favor of the fairly blatant kung fu theme which runs through—and, admittedly, uplifts?...
Lynn is obviously a master of her craft, and if you’re a country master and 68 years-old, I can’t think of a better idea than to tap a young and popular ‘rocker’ to make your music that more accessible. Why Jack White is dating Renee Zellwegger, however, we may never know...