Word: pianos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flashier sci-fi approach would have been. Niccol also has a way with suspended images, and his most inspired moments, in fact, are purely visual: a pool of blood, spreading from an unseen source, blots the frigidly hygienic, monochromatic polish of Gattaca; a conventionally romantic evening at a piano recital turns suddenly surreal with the appearance of an immaculate six-fingered glove, followed by a swift, eerie close-up of a black-and-white poster of the pianist's hands. Not long afterwards there's a moment of dizzying tension in which Vincent/Jerome, bereft of his contact lenses, halts before...
...thing. On "The Joker," for instance, lang infused Miller's swaggeringly boastful lyrics with an ironic new meaning, as her flirtations and suggestive smiles elicited cheers from females in the audience. In perhaps the most moving of Drag's songs, "My Old Addiction," lang's voice and the piano were in perfect harmony, and the husky delivery made every line sound reverential. This was especially the case because the song itself had such dramatic imagery: "if the swan can have a song," lang breathed, "I think I know that tune...
...mind, probably because McLachlan created a great repoire between them and herself, often stopping to talk and joke with the audience. At one point, two love-struck male fans shouted out "We love you Sarah!" during a quiet moment in her performance. McLachlan looked up from her grand piano and responded "Aww! Thank you guys so much...
...device brings together a spectrum of signals much as a piano combines a range of pitches of varying volumes...
...contrast to a tuning fork which can produce only one pitch at one volume, Steim's seismograph works like a grand piano by harmonizing various signals from one source to create a more polished and rich composition...