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...martial-arts master - and just from the synopsis, I'm on board with Chandni Chowk to China. For, as any video nerd-historian will tell you, the two most exciting foreign movie industries of the past few decades have been Hong Kong and India. While European filmmakers went inwardly minimalist, those teeming Asian cinemas generated robust entertainment of pinwheeling action and violence (Hong Kong) and unabashed sentiment and music (Bollywood). Different in temperament, but alike in their vigor and brio, they were both exotic and oddly familiar to their American admirers. We realized that the radiant assurance of old-Hollywood...
...style that predominates in current high-art festival films - films that rarely get much exposure in U.S. movie houses - is minimalist. Springing from the works of great directors like Carl-Theodor Dreyer and Robert Bresson, minimalism follows certain rules, as restrictive as Mennonite edicts. Pare down movie technique to its essentials; show characters behaving, however mutely, rather than acting; make viewers work for their epiphanies. This style has been responsible for many small, lugubrious films and - from directors who know how to make more of less - a few masterpieces. Silent Light is one of them...
...Hirano's sophomore album klo:yuri takes its cue from her minimalist full-length debut, 2006's LushRush, although she strips away much of the live instrumentation of her previous offering, relying more heavily on field recordings, synthetic effects and her own ethereal voice. These elements are blended through subtle orchestrations and seamless improvisations to create a sensual, cinematic sound - think Michael Nyman times Hans Zimmer to the power of Sigur...
...curriculum is very simple in its operation,” Simpson said. “It’s called a minimalist-requirement, maximalist-encouragement concentration...
...Chinese student at the Kennedy School of Government said, adding that it is popular in China. One audience member asked about the marketing of Tequila. Suros stressed that it tends to be as “plain as possible.” “Simple bottles, modern, minimalist,” Suros said. “We believe what’s important is inside the bottle, not outside...