Word: napoleon
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...Charenton Insane Asylum, the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) has a nice life--good food, good wine, the ability to smuggle his dirty books out to his publisher via a sympathetic chambermaid (Kate Winslet). But he offends Napoleon, who orders an alienist (Michael Caine) to cure him or kill...
...renowned for her deceptively simple multipart desserts that rely on seasonal ingredients and the subtle interplay of temperatures, textures and flavors. Instead of serving an ordinary tarte Tatin with creme fraiche, for example, Fleming makes a miniature version and pairs it with a tiny cheesecake and a "napoleon" made of alternating layers of green-apple chips and green-apple sorbet. The result juxtaposes "hot vs. cold, crunchy vs. creamy, sweet vs. not sweet," she explains...
...audience is made up of people who came to our country and found themselves in a reality that is strange to them. To dispel the tension, I open with a discussion about Tolstoy's War and Peace, which describes the war of the Russian people against the invading Napoleon. Here in our small country we do not have the wide spaces that would allow a retreat from Moscow. The tension is broken, the audience listens to what I say, which is translated into Russian...
...Just don't underestimate a movie worker's love for drama, danger, social action. "A Hollywood guild is like the Russian army," says WGA secretary-treasurer Mike Mahern. "It's underestimated because it's unwieldy and seemingly disorganized. But ask Hitler or Napoleon about the power of the Russian army." So watch out for a big battle. "Pearl Harbor" might not be the only Hollywood war drama next summer...
...audience is made up of people who came to our country and found themselves in a reality that is strange to them. To dispel the tension, I open with a discussion about Tolstoy's "War and Peace," which describes the war of the Russian people against the invading Napoleon. Here in our small country we do not have the wide spaces that would allow a retreat from Moscow. The tension is broken, the audience listens to what I say, which is translated into Russian...