Word: razors
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...invents an entirely imaginary figure-a grotesquely hirsute man-and brings him to the center of the story. Where he serves as the beast to Diane's beauty, horrifying her, titillating her, then enlisting her sympathetic curiosity and, finally, her love. Once Diane (Nicole Kidman) gets out her razor and shaves him down, this character, who is called Lionel Sweeny, turns out to look a lot like Robert Downey, Jr., and how bad can that...
...specialty theaters, is problematic. On the other hand, it wants to be free to sensationally reinvent her life, mainly in order to provide the audience with images that are simultaneously revolting and sentimental. We're supposed to draw back aghast from the close-ups of Diane endlessly applying her razor to Lionel's pelt. At the same time we are supposed to applaud her humanistic bravery, especially since Kidman always plays her naively, as an innocent eager to investigate the world's dark side but never her own. This, of course, ignores the evidence of Arbus' own unblinking confrontations with...
Very close to the beginning of the 28-minute silent film, Buñuel, who directed the film with Salvador DalÃ, stands calmly behind a seated young woman with a razor in his hand. Lifting the razor, he draws it swiftly across the surface of her eye, making a piece of the cornea fall away...
...possible rebuke by voters. And if Bush were a different kind of politician--if he loved political jawboning like Lyndon Johnson or could show political elasticity like Bill Clinton--this moment might be less significant. But Bush has perfected the art of governing from inside his razor-thin majority, and is proud above all of his ideological toughness. That's why the midterms could do more than change the balance of power in Washington, if current polls are right and one or both houses shift to Democratic hands. The election might also produce a different kind of presidential style. Bush...
Nevertheless, even a multibillion-dollar chain like Zara needs ideas. And a designer like Nicolas Ghesquière, who has been in fashion's driving seat of late with his razor-sharp focus on silhouette and tailoring, can still turn the business on its head. His buglike silhouette of skinny black legs and poufy miniskirts, first shown last February, has resurfaced on countless other runways this season. Fashion insiders--the people who determine which trends will make it onto department-store shelves or fashion-magazine covers and, eventually, to Zara--need a bad boy to shock them into a new look...