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...expectations. Though a cinematographic knock-out (kudos to director of photography Zhao Fei), this epic rendering fails to lend vibrancy to the story of the first emperor of China's rise to power. All too predictably, The Emperor and the Assassin falls prey to the temptation of presenting sumptuous costumes and cast-of-thousands battle scenes at the expense of an engaging plot and well-developed characters...
...library policies. On laptop use: "Power hook-ups [for laptops] are available throughout the various facilities. It is advisable to check with each library regarding availability of service." After spending all that money to glorify this monolith of knowledge, the library tells me to call first. In truth, the sumptuous guide, with critical information either missing or strewn across 14 different pamphlets, is nearly useless as a reference...
...reek of Rush's 2112 and Pink Floyd's The Wall respectively, the surprisingly original collection of musical scenes relates a hypnotic story that is enthralling, terrifying and satisfying when examined as a complete, work. Each member of this incredibly talented ensemble contributes considerably, along with the additional sumptuous, inviting and quivering vocals of Theresa Thomason on two of the most emotional tracks. Scenes from a Memory is not gentle, inconsequential, one-hit-oriented contemporary rock but rather a cohesive composition that must be deciphered in order to be appreciated...
...costumes and sets were magnificent as well--sumptuous materials were used, and the sets could not possibly have been more elaborate. (There was a new, full scale set for each act, and the costumes changed accordingly.) And Liszt's music is powerful, with some of its most haunting moments coming in its quiet, lulling interludes...
...papacy as well as to the memory of St. Francis, and they poured in from all over Christendom: vestments made by Arabic textile masters in Palermo and presented by the crusader King of Jerusalem; illuminated manuscripts from Louis IX, King of France (and later a saint himself); sumptuous tokens from the rulers of England, Germany and Spain, as well as the various lay and ecclesiastical bigwigs of Italy and the successive Popes themselves. The last person to leave a big gift of medieval Italian art to San Francesco was, oddly enough, a 20th century American who died...