Word: strung
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...Thus, he explains, a single line from Lewis’ first chapter—“This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids”—became the high-strung Nazi bombing episode that opens the film.“I wanted to wake them up, say, ‘This is a big story,’” Adamson says.This magnifying approach continued as Adamson visualized the film’s climax. Lewis narrates...
...mercenary hooker, Gail. Fault for the film’s failure falls squarely on Columbus’ shoulders: The strong performances of “Rent” cannot compensate for his lackadaisical direction. As a result, the film plays like a series of music videos casually strung together by stuporous expository scenes. “Rent” unfortunately adds up to less than the sum of its parts, failing to fulfill its real potential. Spike Lee, Sam Mendes, and Baz Luhrmann were all rumored to be attached to the project at various times —one cannot...
After coffee, the cop steps outside to tell FM that the semiconscious girl is strung out at the moment. He’s talking her straight, but circa 7:40 a.m., it’s slow going...
...Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (HBO). Holly Hunter, mystically mute in the movie The Piano, chattered compulsively as Wanda Holloway, the homemaker accused of plotting to eliminate her daughter's cheerleading competition. Her hilarious, high-strung performance was just part of the fun of this delicious send-up of TV's ripped- from-the-headlines docudramas. Director Michael Ritchie (Smile) brought his deadpan wit to a marvelous script by Jane Anderson, and Lucy Simon contributed an infectious, country-flavored score...
...play every year. I was originally not in her class, and she asked for me to be in her class, so I starred as Bad Bart in our copyright infringement extravaganza known as “Sundown Oklahoma,” a combination of many different musicals kind of strung together, and it was a lip-synching musical extravaganza, so we had a CD, and then I would mouth the words and do choreography. And that was a stunning success...