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Kyoji Takubo gazes at the spectacular screen paintings surrounding him?201 floral studies on a field of luminous gold?and declares that this was the place where he decided to become an artist. Growing up in Kotohira, a backwater town on Shikoku island in southern Japan, he rarely gave any thought to art. But one of his best friends was the son of the head priest of Kotohira-gu, commonly called Konpira, an important Shinto shrine that is the town's great pride and that is said to date back more than 2,000 years. So Takubo spent...
Junior D. J. Hynes led the team, shooting 73-73-146 for the tournament. After making birdies on the 17th and 18th holes on Saturday, Hynes capped another solid round Sunday with a spectacular eagle on the final hole. Though his individual efforts were not enough to keep Harvard in contention, he finished tied for ninth place individually...
...Spectacular though some of his single-play efforts may have been a year ago, they weren’t worth the broken hand and torn-up knee that arguably arose from the style of play that produced them...
...film's "heroine." As García Bernal says, "My inner transvestite is much more Caribbean, and I wouldn't have thought of doing some of the expressions I do in the movie, which are much more Spanish." But whatever the on-the-set spats, the results are spectacular. Whether sporting a macho beard or a cascading blond wig, García Bernal makes his character sexy, annoying ... fully human. Almodóvar sees that cocktail of emotions in the actor: "What I like about Gael is that mixture of innocence and passion, tight secrecy and tenderness, sensuality and unconsciousness...
...production in which spectacular recreations of buildings aflame were so crucial, the budget was surprisingly moderate. Shot entirely on location in Baltimore for three months, the most elaborate scenes focus on both house and commercial fires. Firemen and pyrotechnic technicians were on hand to advise on the accuracy of scenarios and contain the large, visceral blazes, which highlighted concerns about the heavy risks that define a firefighter’s life...