Word: spectacularisms
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...Robbie (McAvoy), the son of a servant. The day—and the first half of the plot—ends tragically, with a crime and a wrongful accusation that will alter the course of all their lives. The visual composition of the estate scenes is stunning, and the spectacular cinematography remains consistenly impressive throughout the entire film. Bright, vivid shots contrast with soft lighting, reflecting the characters’ range of emotion during the first half. The editing of the film also emulates the novel’s perspectival changes as well as its frequent flashbacks. Visually, McEwan?...
...front of 18,000 dancing humans? For the same reason they recorded a live album in the first place. As they put it: it’s amazing what you’ll find face to face. Their creativity reaches its peak in the context of defying expectations with spectacular, surprising mixes—something only possible with a giant audience filled with fans, not a tiny gathering of hipsters. For Daft Punk, the more, the better—for them and the music. —Reviewer Elsa S. Kim can be reached at elsakim@fas.harvard.edu...
...fantastic things about the site is that there are two primary views: one leg reminds you that this is a park in the city, the other leg—pointing North—reminds you of the fact that this a city in nature, and you get a spectacular view of the Olympic mountains and the Puget Sound.” Marion Weiss, Manfredi’s design partner, expounded on the theme, saying, “The project turned out to be a wonderful acknowledgement of this particular site. We should celebrate two qualities, nature and culture...
...Islamists prefer large, spectacular attacks, and the Corsicans usually blow up empty structures as a warning - or gun down foes when those warnings fail," says independent terror expert Roland Jacquard, who notes he has no firm idea who was behind Thursday's office attack in Paris' 8th arrondissement. "Basque terrorists have the kind of technical expertise to build such a surgically small bomb, but why would they be using it against a law practice? What little evidence we have suggests whomever was behind it was going after someone inside that office...
...also here for the landscapes. Just outside Graaff Reinet is the Karoo at its most awesome: the Valley of Desolation. Formed by millions of years of wind erosion, the valley is a spectacular collection of rock towers and plunging precipes that evoke the Wild West. Though there are few people, it's far from empty. Eagles soar over the cliffs, and in the valleys you can see springboks, buffaloes, tortoises and mountain zebras...