Word: rosebud
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Found-Land!” Roxanna guided him toward her. Frederick hesitated. She was so pure, so good. But Roxanna’s hands were insistent. “Frederick,” she whispered. “I am your temple.” Her rosebud lips opened in a wordless gasp as she drew him against her. Frederick shuddered with the ecstasy of liberation. As their bodies intertwined in clumsy euphoria, they fell backward and splashed into the river. A hosanna of bubbles rose around them. On and on the angelic voices sang, on and on the mist...
Narcissus’s eyes were blank, but his limbs glistened and his rosebud lips were carved in a perfect pout...
...Felicity.To avoid these musings, Roxanna shook her head, setting her buttercup curls a-bouncing. Why worry about anything on such a beautiful day, she told herself. She was in Florence! “Fi-ren-ze,” she exclaimed rapturously, unconscious of the adorable pout of her rosebud lips as she mouthed the syllables.Once inside, Roxanna went directly to Frederick’s study. He liked to have the first taste of the bread directly from the market. He would hold the loaf in one hand, looking at it with reverence, and then harshly tear off a chunk...
...Sparing you my construction-worker's appraisal of each actress' current state of preservation or decay, I'll just say that the wonder is Cattrall, who's managed to retain her erotic shine from her first film, the 1975 Rosebud, undiminished. The camera examines her face, tracks up her tanned legs, nuzzles or nestles in her cleavage, and can find no flaw, as if she were the prize creation of a CGI wizard. One scene - where Samantha, as a treat for Smith, lies nude on their dining room table, her body garnished with sushi - could be a chic photo essay...
...Third Man: a study of a rich man's power and isolation amid the seedy, greedy flotsam of postwar Europe. In a way, this is a do-it-yourself Kane. It's the viewer's job to sleuth for the real Arkadin--a film that is its own Rosebud...