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"When a student comes in the classroom, what is the first thing he does? He looks at the clock," Escalante said. He recounted a story of making a student who had been staring at the clock read the sign out loud.
"It's just a place to focus on; they had bright light on the whole time. When they're staring at the eye they get more light, and they get less when looking at the floor. There's a light meter that measures how much light they're getting at...
The set, composed solely of wooden cubes, a few props and colored screens, effectively evokes a child's world, but loses most of its relevance as Wallace approaches adulthood. However, the haunting presence of silhouetted heads behind the screens functions as the perfect atmosphere for Wallace's monologues. Looking at...
At least there was one moment of visible black-and-white unity last week. It occurred on Tuesday, shortly after 10 a.m. Pacific time, when crowds of citizens, gathered together in the streets like extras in a War of the Worlds movie of the 1950s, stood staring up at outdoor...
The new film version of Persuasion, directed by Roger Michell, seizes on this desperation, making it the film's emotional keynote. When Anne (Amanda Root) first appears, she seems almost panicked, with her pale face, thin-lipped grimace and wide, staring eyes. She is still stunned over the rupture with...