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...oldest of the three, is distinct from the program’s bookends, focusing on the strangely captivating, almost hypnotic qualities of sand. The subject of every shot is either a macroscopic—an entire desert vibrating in the wind—or a microscopic—singular grains tumbling one over the other—perspective of sand. The grains themselves complement and enrich the grain-like quality of film, and the bluish filtering that Dorsky builds through use of internegatives gives each frame an alien, otherworldly quality.“Winter,” the companion piece...
...Simonon recalls early criticism of the band: “I remember the stage twinkling because of all the glass from the bottles that had been thrown at us.” Still, constructing a band biography out of interviews has its pitfalls. Whereas a biography written as a singular narrative has a well thought out pace and flow, interviews have no such inherent rhythm. Regrettably, the interviews in “The Clash,” organized chronologically, do not have very much continuity. One moment the band will be discussing the heroin addiction and subsequent firing of drummer...
Obama called Summers “one of the great economic minds of our time” and said he will bring “a singular combination of skill, intellect and experience to the role he will play in our administration...
...veritable cultural force, a Monday night event, a dictator of trends, and, some say, a harbinger of the apocalypse. I refer, of course, to that singular bane of male existence, “Gossip Girl.” Since making the jump to the small screen last fall, Cecily von Ziegesar’s series of novels has ensnared a whole new audience in its pernicious spell. But it seems that “Gossip Girl” (or, at least, “Gossip Girl” copycatting) has decided to re-infect the literary world. A number...
...crew and Rogen’s posse, and you should get a masterpiece. But as “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” proves, this collaboration is only brilliant in theory. The mixture of these pop icons, each of whom has proven masterful on a singular level (yes, even the porn stars), is not only toxic, but pitiful. While isolated moments prove funny—mostly because they’re outrageous—the film is a total flop, a rare tapestry of hilarious individuals who flounder in the wake of inexcusably bad writing, a terrible...