Word: surreality
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...nickname for Bill Cosby, Thompson is full of praise; he gushed about how surreal it was to work with his hero...
Ancient China, gorgeous outdoor settings, a surreal story line and a mysterious character played by Ziyi Zhang. The elements add up to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but they can also describe Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers, the latest in a series of increasingly pale imitations of Ang Lee’s breakthrough martial-arts ballet. Though Crouching Tiger is in itself part of a long tradition of Hong Kong action cinema, it has inspired a new wave of iterations of the formula, none of which approach the prototype in terms of its poetically minimalist plot, beautiful...
Noise is just the beginning of the problems. The surreal environment the turbines create includes shadows, flicker, flashing FAA lights, cell and TV interruption, stray voltage, water contamination—the list goes on. It truly does! And the Harvard purchase and others like it will ensure that rural communities all around the country continue to experience the same fate...
...crowd was relatively quiet and composed throughout the entire set; most likely because for Dylan enthusiasts, his concerts are a nearly surreal act of worshipping an icon at the height of his talent. To watch Dylan perform is an experience altogether different from simply listening to or singing along with Blonde on Blonde or Blood on the Tracks, requiring both rapt attention and a nearly Zen attitude towards the unpredictable nature of the artist...
Mixing glass with cement may seem strange, but that is what Aron Losonczi, a Hungarian architect, has done to create a transparent concrete called LiTraCon. Glass in the form of fiber optics allows light to filter through the material, creating a surreal effect. Available in sheets 2 in. or more wide, LiTraCon is as strong as regular concrete and can be used for walls, flooring or sculpture. It is on display at the National Building Museum in Washington through...