Word: santo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rock in the Roman Catholic churches that gave it birth, but the ethereal, sinuous style of monophonic singing known as Gregorian chant is still alive and well, thank you. In the year's biggest musical surprise, a recording of Gregorian melodies sung by Benedictine monks from the abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos in Spain has suddenly become a monster hit. Issued, appropriately enough, by Angel, Chant has sold more than 220,000 copies in its first two weeks of release. The album is already No. 1 on the classical charts as well as 47 in the pop rankings...
...tradition comes mainly from four tribes: the Navajo, Zuni, Hopi and Santo Domingo. The Navajos work in heavy stone, with exquisite silver carving; the Zuni in patterned filigree. The Hopi are nonstop fabulists. Their story belts form linear odysseys -- carved panel by panel, link by silver link...
Allen's filming style spoofs the German expressionist genre--similarities to Frankenstein and The Seventh Seal abound. The film is shot entirely on soundstages designed by Santo Loquasto. Narrow cobblestone streets, gaslights and footbridges enhance the gloomy atmosphere. Shimmery ponds and a fake night sky further increase the mood and the comedy. Allen establishes the tone of the picture when a mystic (Charles Cragin), who uses his sense of smell to sniff out the strangler, leads to a torch-bearing mob through the winding streets...
True love at last? Not that he'll let on. "I always feel a little better about a room when she's come into it" is hardly an expression of passion. But Beatty acknowledges that within 30 seconds of meeting Bening, when she entered a restaurant called Santo Pietro's in the Beverly Glen Centre, "I knew she would change my life...
...their relationship. Says Beatty: "We didn't want to place a burden on the people we were working with." Since the movie wrapped, they have awaited their child, who will be a girl, living quietly in Beatty's 37-acre aerie at the very tip-top of Mulholland Drive. Santo Pietro's is a half mile away, and it is no routine Italian joint. The Beverly Glen Centre has perhaps the greatest celebrity concentration in town. Beatty is a regular, as is Jack Nicholson, who lives across the road from him. Marlon Brando lives nearby too, but he does...