Word: poem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...private school and spends most of her time reading and day-dreaming. When she goes upstate to visit her beloved Nana (Jeanne Moreau), she immediately relaxes, talking endlessly about her crush on Ethan Wells (Jude Law), the popular and egoistic class jock. Afterwards, when Daisy reads a lustful love poem aloud in class, Ethan immediately recognizes to whom the composition is addressed. He, of course, pursues her and they soon become a couple. But when she confides to Ethan that her Nana is a Holocaust survivor, he suddenly becomes aloof. Daisy's "emotional journey" begins as she searches...
...legit can an aging rocker get? At 55, Sir Paul McCartney seems determined to find out. Standing Stone, his second voyage into the deep waters of classical music, is a four-movement symphonic poem in which McCartney endeavors to suggest "the way Celtic man might have wondered about the origins of life and the mystery of human existence." The CD version, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, shot right to the top of Billboard's classical chart...
...walking down that runway," said Stella afterward. Critics described McCartney's lacy, feminine clothes as a "happy hodgepodge" of pieces with "gentle flourishes"--not unlike what some generous souls say about PAUL MCCARTNEY's musical compositions. His latest, Standing Stone, took four years to write. It's a "symphonic poem" that also had its debut last week, at London's Royal Albert Hall. He too got standing ovations, although many critics branded the work dull. The album is currently No. 1 on the Billboard classical charts in the U.S. Happiest of all must be LINDA MCCARTNEY, for whom these were...
...final complete film was a premiere of "Sex Without Love." Perhaps offering a play on the "in too deep" idea, the film interposes footage of preadolescent children diving into a swimming pool with Sharon Olds' recitation of her poem of the same name. But "Sex Without Love" is not so sophisticated cinematically as the other two films shown, and the result seems a bit more like a home video soundtracked with poetry than an actual cohesive performance. In addition, Olds' words are spoken much too solemnly for the context of the visual images and, indeed, for the message...
...Without Love" tries hard not to be moralistic about teenage sex, the entire effort, in its tone, pace and solemnity, reminds the audience of a "Life...what a beautiful choice" commercial. Missing is the dubious examination of loss of innocence--in its joy and its amorality--which the poem itself would more aptly convey...