Word: spectacularity
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...first flush of passion. It captures and caresses the actresses' radiance: Lau's bold sensuality, Faye Wong's elfin resiliency, Gong Li's fragile hauteur. Zhang, in a panoply of pouts, flirtations and surrendering smiles, is at her most ravishing and nuanced, especially when swathed in the spectacular cheongsams of costumer designer (and editor and production designer) William Chang...
...Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, two formidable American entrepreneurs, aim to transform Macau into a first-class tourist destination for millions of Asians, mainland Chinese in particular. Adelson and Wynn are credited with reviving Las Vegas' flagging fortunes in the 1990s by building a succession of spectacular complexes that combine hotels, entertainment and gambling facilities, among them the posh Venetian (Adelson's best-known resort) and the Mirage (a project by Wynn). Today, with separate gaming licenses from the Macau government, the pair are racing to duplicate their U.S. success. Adelson, 72, built the Sands Macau, so he is first...
...remarkable ability to think deeply and quickly,” Harvard economist David I. Laibson ’88 wrote in an e-mail yesterday. “He has spectacular intuitions and an uncanny ability to identify the key forces at work in economic systems...
...which has endeared Rosenberg to the Democratic establishment. "The NDN is spectacular, very cutting edge," says a party leader. "The DLC is a pain in the ass." For his part, Al From accurately points out that John Kerry has adopted New Dem positions on many issues-positions that became acceptable to liberal Democrats only after the DLC fought for them. And there is a certain sadness in seeing so creative a battler as Al From marginalized. The Democratic Party needs him. But perhaps not this year...
...doll is Zhang Ziyi. Four years after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, she has become the petite embodiment of Chinese beauty and resilience. Her competition film was Wong Kar-wai's 2046; she plays a 1960s-era mistress with a panoply of pouts, flirtations and surrendering smiles. It's a spectacular star performance in a rapturous ode to love and loss set in China's past, present and future. The year is still young, but - in its passion, its craft, its belief in the grace and pain of love - 2046 may be the film of 2004. If Cannes' solid program lacked...