Word: screens
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...Fifth Avenue should round all that out nicely. It's certainly a page turner of practically Germanic efficiency. But it also reminds us of a weird truth about its author, which is that Bushnell on the page is a far darker, more interesting creature than Bushnell on the screen...
...appears to be a slavish devotion to Palahniuk’s zero-sum social nihilism and the narcissistic sexual gluttony that hastens in its wake. Whether it’s Gregg’s unsuccessful adaptation of the novel or the book’s basic incompatibility with the screen, many bits of dialogue seem more unimportant than stupid—but not by much. Rockwell plays Victor, a 30-something sex addict who divides his time between his job as an “historical interpreter” at a colonial village, serving as a sponsor at nymphomaniacs-anonymous...
...said. Sitney illustrated his lecture with short films. He used vivid biographical details and historical connections to help the audience better understand the world of experimental film. One film in particular featured an overhead view of a street with three dashed white lines filling the screen. When a car drives onscreen, it becomes clear that the camera has been filming upside down. Entitled “Shift,” the nine-minute film by Ernie Gehr switches between an upright and inverted point-of-view. The film continues on in this way with bicycles, garbage trucks...
Given the spate of costume dramas that have hit the big screen recently, you could be forgiven for failing to distinguish one silk-clad heroine from another. And “The Duchess”—based on the biography of the same name by Amanda Foreman—does little to make the dazzling Georgiana of Devonshire stand out from the crowd. Like “Marie Antoinette” and “The Other Boleyn Girl,” “The Duchess” is a period film about a beautiful, young, aristocratic...
...code that would reward savings and investment while curbing deficit spending - whether by individuals, private institutions or the government. The cut is only one among many in a budget that is wildly out of balance. How would President McCain convince people that they can't have a bigger flat-screen than they can afford while he's running a government that promises more services than it has money for? Neither McCain nor Obama has put forth any concrete plan for deficit reduction. If, as the latest polls suggest, McCain is seen as less credible on the economy than Obama...