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...preservation of classical Japanese brush painting-a genre executed on traditional paper (washi) or silk, with nature as its most common subject. The movement succeeded in defending native painting from European acculturation, but the price paid was ossification. Nihonga artists were required to stick to landscapes and other staid topics. "It's all flowers and Mount Fuji," says Nishimura. "But that stuff doesn't sell anymore...
...machine, the DC Mini, that offers the key to unlocking the meaning of dreams (even as animation is, in a way, the key to unlocking the feeling of dreams). A police detective hopes to solve a murder by telling his dreams to the sexy Paprika, who is also a staid researcher Atsuko. They're aided or threatened by the usual scifi-noir suspects; but the plot is so complicated, it's best not to worry about parsing it and just go with the somnambulist flow, which is where the movie finds its true life. Paprika alternates dream and reality...
Brandt, however, did his best to end the discussion on a more staid tone...
...country, like Kenya to the south, boasts remarkable wildlife and photo-friendly tribes. Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in the arid north - some of the oldest Christian churches in the world - are hewn straight out of rock, with wild Biblical murals that make a Pink Floyd album cover look staid. Yet, for most people around the world, Ethiopia is still associated primarily with famine and despair. And who wants to holiday in other people's misery? My guide in Bahir Dar was insistent: "Please tell your friends that this is a special, wonderful country." Certainly, traveling here feels like a step back...
...Johnny Carson's favorite running jokes--the staid assistant bandleader dubbed "Mr. Excitement," the "comatose commander" and the "man from bland." Yet Tommy Newsom's beige suits and low-key persona belied his reputation as a vibrant saxophonist who toured South America and the Soviet Union with Benny Goodman, won Emmys as an arranger for TV specials and composed for singers from Kenny Rogers to Beverly Sills...