Word: motioning
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...Those who claim some British ancestry will be making their way to the "BAFTA-LA" event on Saturday afternoon. Despite sounding like a Greek pastry, this is actually an acronym for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts-Los Angeles and is the British equivalent of AMPAS (American Motion Picture Arts & Sciences). The L.A. chapter consists of members of the British film industry in self-imposed exile on the West Coast. (Some wags posit that the British contingent in Hollywood is the British film industry in its entirety...
...everyone says he or she wants limped out of a Senate committee, but only after Republicans blocked Democrats from adding money for school repair and Democrats blocked money for vouchers. As a favor to business interests, Republicans in both houses rolled back Clinton Administration regulations meant to curb repetitive-motion injuries in the workplace. And Bush continued his tough-love approach to bipartisanship, wooing vulnerable Democrats on taxes by flying to their home states and threatening their political survival. "Hostage taking!" fumed California Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher...
...truth. She tells Boesman that it is over'she has found the freedom that he lost earlier that morning, when he put all his possessions on his back. From play to film, Boesman and Lena never loses its theatrical roots. With the sparseness of the set, scenery and motion, the depth and exploration of the characters, it is hard to view this film as simply a movie. Fugard's writing style and emphasis on words is apparent throughout Berry's film, and it seems as if the words are what make reality concrete. It is only when the characters speak...
...Kong in chains KURT KRIEGER/CORBIS I was into big monsters long before I'd seen "King Kong" or even heard of Willis O'Brien. My brother and I shared a passion for the work of Ray Harryhausen, the second great Hollywood master of stop-frame (also called stop-motion) animation. Now almost entirely supplanted by digital modeling and animation, the technique was expensive and difficult. A flexible model of the creature-protagonist was placed in a miniature set in front of a locked-down camera. The model was moved a fraction of an inch and a photo was taken...
...heard it said that one of the most catastrophic events in the history of theater came with the development of motion pictures. Sure, the theater has been battling other forms of distractions for ages trying to maintain a steady audience. And to be fair, it must have been pretty hard to draw crowds away from a good bear baiting back in Shakespeare's day. But the movies are something else entirely. Never before has a form of entertainment so suddenly and dynamically stolen the magic of illusion and performance that once belonged to theater. Many a poor 20th century dramatist...