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...director Rob Marshall, whose first big film was the 2002 musical Chicago, has made this fairy tale into an emotionally sumptuous love story. This intimate epic spans almost two decades, but its script, by Robin Swicord and Doug Wright, never hurries past the telling biographical detail of its four main characters. Nor does the movie's visual splendor ever obscure the furtive, assertive heart beating under the kimono. It's still early in the season of Oscar contenders, but Geisha has a shot to join Chicago as a Best Picture champ...
...available," having died in 1991. Other directors expressed interest, but none stuck. Then, in 2002, Fisher and her producing partner Douglas Wick saw Chicago and figured they had their man. "Geishas are trained much like dancers, and as a choreographer and a former dancer who understands disciplined training, Rob had a natural affinity for their life," says Wick. He and Fisher pursued the director as one would a geisha--sending him bottles of sake, antique prints. "I tried to put the gifts away," says Marshall, "but I couldn't. They hooked...
Spielberg doesn't question the choice of Marshall either. "When I saw Rob's version of Geisha," he says, "I realized that he was a much better choice than me. I like that it was like Kabuki theater. The pauses, the looks of the characters, were all little moments of directorial authorship. The close-ups of the hands in pouring the tea. The shots of the geishas' kimono trains wriggling like the tail of a fish through a stream. Rob took the liquid metaphor of the water in Sayuri's eyes and created a river of images. It seemed...
Behold the many faces of Rob Balkema.On field goals, he’s the guy holding the ball for kicker Matt Schindel. On kickoffs, you can probably catch him running around looking for somebody to hit. Before the snap, you’ll probably see him in the defensive backfield—and when the play ends, there’s a good chance he’ll be wreaking havoc in the offensive backfield.Balkema has certainly given people ample opportunity to catch a glimpse of him on the field in one way or the other. The senior linebacker...
...game-winner minutes later.Jason Feinberg, who had played at Penn, previously held the league record for field goals with 41.The Tigers dominated early in the game, as quarterback Jeff Terrell connected with tight end Jon Dekker on an 11-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter and Rob Toresco capped off an eight-play, 72-yard scoring march with a one-yard run in the second.But Cornell (3-4. 1-3) refused to go quietly. Free safety Kevin Rex sacked Terrell back at the Princeton two-yard line, forcing a punt that allowed the Big Red to take possession...