Word: pianos
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That is not to say that the female experience is the same for everyone. Toni Morrison speaks with one voice; "The Piano," "Thelma and Louise" and Roseanne Arnold with yet others. Whatever the medium, whether comedy or drama, this female voice expresses a sense that females occupy a separate place in society, one which provides them with a unique perspective, one which affects their reactions to the roles they are assigned...
...film depicts. Trufaut's movie has been tremendously influential, and all sorts of directors have taken inspiration from it. There is a lovely scene where the party goes bicycle riding, and which Philip Kaufman later took up in "Henry and June." Anyone who has seen Jane Campion's "The Piano" will experience the shock of recognition when Truffaut shows a scene of Jules cutting wood outside his chalet and giving it to Sabine to carry in her arms while Jim and Catherine make love upstairs...
...Piano"--Any the year...
That performance was part of a veritable Schnittke festival in the U.S. in recent weeks. Among the highlights: the American premiere of the composer's second piano sonata by pianist Boris Berman, the American debut of his Symphony No. 6 in Washington under Rostropovich's baton, and conductor Leon Botstein's North American premiere with the American Symphony Orchestra of Schnittke's Faust Cantata, an oratorio version of an opera in progress. Against all odds, Schnittke is among the most commissioned of living composers...
Harvey Keitel is as engaging as always, yet one cannot wonder as to why someone whose star is so on the rise ("Bad Lieutenant," "The Piano") would do a movie like this. We are "Mother of Mirrors" in both a serious and credible tone. At other times, we are appreciative of his presence, for there are some lines only Keitel can cross successfully. keitel is both charming and endearing when, as Israel, he tells Jennings that he once a gave a lover a ruby and diamond ring to symbolize the blood and semen he had exchanged during their lovemaking. Jennings...