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...that De Hooch sold out to them, and to their way of life, thus sending his art into decadence, was widespread once. It isn't borne out by the pictures themselves. A strangely moody image from 1677, of a couple eating oysters in a shadowed courtyard while a black servant plays the viola, is one of the best of all his paintings. But the earlier, inward, reflective De Hoochs seem closer to his own life, and so they affect us more...
...American TV movie soundtracks--lotta ominous synthesizer chords ganging up on people onscreen without warning sometimes--but, no worries, don't stay home because of that. Stay home if you're expecting anything other than a couple of needy people, one alcoholic (always recovering), one civil servant, trying to match up. It's rough--not stylized--but real. Subtitles and film quality make it feel once in a while like documentary, but a good one. The comic voice finds vent on occasion, too, fortunately not through concerted effort, soccer uniform jokes and all (though the line about Brazil's worth...
...sorrow, jealousy, giddiness and remorse within those swoon-inducing orbs is amazing. The superb supporting cast in both films adds to the richness of character. Geoffrey Rush, the Oscar winner for best actor from Shine, delivers masterful performances with two very different characters. As the quietly menacing personal servant of Elizabeth, he convincingly radiates a calm, omniscient presence which anchors his queen when all hell breaks loose. As Fiennes' bumbling, clueless theater manager pal with mossy teeth, Rush transforms into a timid man who relies on the whims of Shakespeare--a role for which he has just been rewarded with...
...barrage of anti-209 student protesters Carnesale suddenly faced at UCLA had little concern for his job safety or adherence to a popularly passed law. In their eyes, Carnesale was their servant, accountable above all else to undergraduate sentiment. If Carnesale would not disobey the law, protesters reasoned, perhaps he could be urged to issue public statements, as his predecessor had, criticizing 209 as harmful to the rich ethnic and racial diversity of UCLA. Despite a student takeover of the main administrative building and raging protests in campus quads, however, Carnesale refused to buckle...
...many Europeans I know find critical is the view that a politician's family or sexual life is the public's business, and that an evaluation of this becomes a basis for major political decisions. Instead, it rarely has any relevance to one's ability to be a public servant. Even if it does, it is not a moral but a psychological issue...