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...convincing when it appears to be unfolding before our eyes, an effect no doubt helped by Nair’s decision to film almost entirely on Super 16mm—blown up to 35mm—retaining the mesmerizing freneticism of the hand held camera. Just when the sprawling rhythms of the film seem to settle into a rhythm, however, a melodramatic twist is introduced at the heart of the plot. The twist is at best, unnessecary, but at worst, jarring—a clunky piece of engineering that suddenly makes it unclear whether we are watching a light hearted...
...head of the queue, sitting in the lotus position, is Luang Phi Pao, a young monk whose arms and legs are covered with tattooed mantras and serpents. He dips a pointed, 60-cm silver rod into blue black ink infused with Chinese herbs and snake venom. With a steady rhythm, he delicately jabs Niwet Paopunsri, an auto mechanic, inscribing the words The Heart of Lord Buddha in ancient Khmer on the small of his back. (That's Pao's specialty; other monks draw animals or religious symbols.) Finished with the inscription, Pao whispers a prayer...
...overarching presence of the lake sets the rhythm of the human year. The way McGahern describes the changing lights, the colors of the foliage, the life of the animals and the demands of planting and harvest is intuition distilled to intensity—a mellow intensity, so to speak. His careful attention to the way people more in their environment is evident even in the brief appearance of a London visitor: “He washed, walked around the lake, read a newspaper. The way he crackled the pages as he read created a space around the rocking chair...
...lake...” But Ruttledge is convinced that for himself a life by the lake is the most honest choice. The lakeside is not a paradise, but a place where people also live and work—where they manage to live their days in a comprehensible rhythm and not a passing rush...
...tough to establish a rhythm,” Monti said. “We went with a different group at the beginning—that’s as capable as any group—and I think it just took us a few minutes to get our rhythm...