Word: scene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thing is triumphant," Sonbert said of the fragmentary elements of montage. Instead, a film's aim is to keep a "constant balance" between its scenes so that a marriage scene may be followed by a funeral. The audience may laugh when the image of a child appears on the screen, but the "laughter is a little bit qualified" by a following image of an ambulance or burning car, Sonbert said...
Imagine the scene...
...there is always snow in the Colorado mountains, and usually a lot of snow. In most cities, even in ski towns like Aspen, the snow seems to turn brown as soon as it hits the ground. But in Vail, even nature has some kind of reverence for a beautiful scene...
...result, when Max and Nicky actually stop dancing to debate the merits of the life of crime, which promises cash but little happiness, the scene is awkward. Hines is not a bad actor, but his forte is obviously dancing, and he seems uncomfortable standing still...
Sonbert's most serious work, The Cup and the Lip (1986) focuses on the forces behind demonstrations and mass gatherings in the modern world. The film opens with a scene from a military parade in Budapest during the Chernobyl disaster and ends with Sandra Day O'Connor's visit to a San Francisco rally the week after the Supreme Court ruled on the sodomy...