Word: scene
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...inner demons. Three decades of civil rights struggle compelled a whole nation to see those demons as its own. Yet if the descent into lynch-mob madness echoes grim headlines, Hall has scrupulously avoided the common error of toning down Williams' expressionistic excess into unsuitable realism. In the first scene, the lighting changes with every few sentences of dialogue, to underscore shifts in mood and to cue the audience that it has entered a realm of symbol and ritual. Pickup trucks outside a storefront sound as loud as jets. A half-demented Southern belle wears makeup reminiscent of a clown...
These little lives, spun out in a time and place far distant from us, would be easy to ignore. But they are all vividly played, and Bille August's gifts for austere, striking imagery and for the short, perfectly shaped scene impart to this film an epic richness, range and energy...
...what's this? The Manhattan pedestrian spots a banner flapping in the cold night wind: THE BILLIARD CLUB. Yet the scene beneath it is not a dimly lighted doorway, attended by a tattooed bouncer, but monstrous picture windows straight out of Trump Tower. Behind the glass, peacock feathers wave from porcelain planters. Within, fashionable men and women lay cues to green felt. A sticker at the door indicates that, yes, the club does take American Express. Welcome to the new world of pool...
...time when dinner and an evening out for two can inflict triple-digit damage. "It's cheap entertainment," says New York banker Stephen Eisenstein. "You can come by and meet a friend and chat -- or not -- as you choose." Nor is the sport as physically demanding as the swingles scene. Says real estate investor Miles Levine: "Sex and drugs are out. We're going back to a more conservative time...
...death. And now Pettersson's roommate has undermined the suspect's alibi that he was on his way home at the time of the shooting. Swedish newspaper reports say he possessed a large-caliber weapon and limped just as the assassin was seen to do while fleeing the scene of the murder. No motive for his alleged act has been announced...