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...towering tribute to Gladiator. “I think that Russell Crowe’s evocation of manhood is something all men should aspire to”, he explains, “particularly when there are such obvious parallels between Rome and the United States, with the combination of splendor and decadence of Empire...
...monoliths tried to make up in size what they lacked in grace, splendor or architectural intelligence; they were to the Empire State Building what the 1976 ?King Kong? remake (in which the beast falls from the top of one or both towers) was to the 1933 original (which concludes you-know-where). As Nicholas Von Hoffman wrote of the Twin Towers in last week?s New York Observer, ?They were a couple of ugly and ill-proportioned buildings of egotistical dimensions and heartlessness. They had nothing noteworthy about them but gross altitude.? I always thought of them as two stacks...
...extremity of emotions (from the heroic Eusebius to the introspective Florestan—the two characters of Schumann’s compositional personality). Kissin was at his best in the second movement “Aria,” his caressing tone working its magic in the acoustical splendor that is Symphony Hall. The fourth-movement “Finale” is Schumann at his most wildly inventive, and Kissin handled the odd transitions and whimsical nature of the movement with apparent ease and enough discipline to keep the sections from falling apart at the seams...
...somehow, in some way, you are not content. Perhaps you’ve slogged your way through an exhausting week of work and even the alphabet seems beyond your realm of intellectual comprehension. Or perhaps it’s that vague, disquieting sense that nature, despite its splendor, no longer resonates with you; that the brisk, crackling intimations of autumn have failed to permeate your senses. At any rate, you’re listless, apathetic. You feel, in a word, gross...
...drawn into the movie at all, it is through the vignettes of village life that pepper Christos’ saga, distinguishing it somewhat from the blandness of being a total cliche. Filmed on location, the camera brilliantly captures the town’s breathtaking white splendor, from the chalky stones that line the streets, to its snow-colored houses. The villagers manage to furnish this white canvas with vibrant color. Tsarouchas portrays the early 19th century world with engaging detail. The hay shed near the school grounds is overwhelmed by children at recess, who toss hay at each other every...