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...stalwart houses presenting themselves silently against blue sky, there's that mood of isolation so unnerving that it was a simple matter for Alfred Hitchcock to put it to his own uses in Psycho, in which an outline evoking every Hopper house lingers just behind the Bates Motel...
...streets of the riverfront district, along the Willamette River itself, back across the university, and up to the shaded dirt trails of Forest Park. Long or short, trail or street, the routes are there, and often many people are too. Dili: In 2003, starting from a waterfront motel in East Timor's capital, I ran north along the seaside boulevard until pavement gave way to dirt and downtown gave way to field, with the aroma of grilled fish being prepared at seaside restaurants wafting past. Magical...
...plain-spoken octogenarian, who managed a motel until her late '70s, is relieved that rumors of suicide by Seung-Hui's parents proved false. All the same, she doesn't think it would be advisable for the family, who have maintained their Korean citizenship, to return to their native land in the wake of this horrible tragedy. "It would it would be too difficult for them if they returned here as this is a small country and Koreans are very gossipy," she says matter-of-factly. "We wouldn't let them return and would even try and block them...
...fate. Many of Pearce’s shortcomings are thanks to Fergus’ script, which expects the audience to make far-fetched connections and bestow unearned significance to directionless scenes. For example, Starks’s near-breakdown—in which the character locks himself in a motel room for days with a loaded gun—is painfully rushed. Unfinished and unmoving, the pivotal sequence hardly illuminates Starks’ motivation or advances the narrative. The strongest aspect of “First Snow” is the cast of supporting characters that surround Starks. Starks?...
...Luke Wilson, tackling the lighter side of film comes naturally. He’s played the rebellious frat-boy, the sometimes sappy romantic lead, and the brunette half of a quirky, floppy haired sibling comedy duo. But come this Friday, with the release of his new motel-trip-gone-awry movie, he’ll take on a new role: horror film star. “This is obviously not the kind of thing that comes my way quite often,” says Wilson of his role in “Vacancy,” which also stars Kate...