Word: surrealness
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...today’s most successful and interesting directors, completely erasing the memory of his initial flop “Human Nature.” The most meaningful illustration of Gondry’s talent, however, is that he can be as compulisvely watchable without using the surreal illustrations that made “Eternal Sunshine” seem so fresh.The key to understanding Gondry’s versatility are the music videos that made him famous. Although he had not met Chappelle before the shoot, anyone who has seen his work with Bjork or The White Stripes...
...response of President Bush to all this has been surreal. Public support for his policies is dwindling; his own party is abandoning him; he seems naked, defenseless in the public square. Yet he has spent most of the past few weeks traveling the country, selling the vaporous "policies" he proposed in his State of the Union address. As the Dubai debate went nuclear, Bush was off trying to convince people that he was serious about developing alternative energy sources. (He isn't, really. His proposed budget increases for such projects run in the millions; a single tax break...
...final cast of 22. The auditions are noticeably more intense. Instead of trying out for singing or acting or dancing separately, the directors give the actors full scenes from the show to perform.Everyone is wearing fedora hats, which just makes the scene that much more formal - and surreal. Hanley is extremely professional, making it a point to shake every actor’s hand and say, “We appreciate your time.” The actors who have been called back are grouped by the part for which they are being considered. In the process, the actors become...
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Common Casting," reads a chalked sign in the Loeb Ex’s black box theatre, a surreal room transformed by candy, a functioning green swing, and drum beat soundtrack. Returning actors greet one another with full body hugs, while nervous novices and first-years fret over potentially awkward interaction with strangers, especially when directed to act "sexual, but not explicit...
...excitedly sums up the surreal experience in his non-native language: "I think some many random things that together form a funny picture, that I’ll always look back as a hilarious experience that I will talk about...