Word: minimalistically
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...Minimalist and Moving...
...This film style was virtually patented in the '50s by Robert Bresson, the great French minimalist, and has been widely copied ever since. It seems easy to imitate. But when directors can't approach the artistry of which Bresson was capable, the films become a series of still-lifes about sour people. Much smoking, not much talking, almost no kinetic energy...
...agonizing minutes, until a fly alights on her hair. Maxi-minimalism! The two are trudging toward a breakup. At dinner with friends, they quarrel publicly. "Don't worry," Bahar says of her hosts, "they enjoy seeing us miserable." (A remark that puts the relationship of critics to minimalist movie characters in a nice nutshell...
...HONG KONG: It's been open for seven years, but The Wing?Cathay Pacific's stylishly minimalist lounge at Hong Kong International Airport?has lost none of its flair and continues to appear at, or near, the top of travel polls. First-class passengers can enjoy spacious cabanas and a fine-dining restaurant, The Haven. Business-class passengers are offered "personal living spaces" consisting of a desk, armchair and dataport, along with shower suites and an excellent noodle...
...there was rock star in the room: Al. As soon as the lights went up, dozens of Washington's media elite (bureau chiefs, New York Times columnists, magazine editors) began to nonchalantly position themselves for an audience with Gore, forming an consciously indifferent crowd that engaged in minimalist small talk while waiting for the moment to edge in. Everyone was at once eager to be noticed and trying not to be too obvious, a gaggle of awkward preeners whose self-presentation wouldn't get past the first walk-off on "America's Next Top Model...