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HALSMAN: In Paris, my life was more relaxed and pleasant than here. The tempo was slower, the deadlines were less deadly. Here I learned that often you have to sacrifice your own private life in order to be successful in photography. This kind of work is nerve-racking and stressful. Periods of feverish activity alternate with periods of exhaustion and recovery. If I could relive my life, I would try to work less for others and more for myself...
...emotion, the more bogged down he becomes. When he writes that he's "searching for truth and bound for glory," he sounds like he's composing a national anthem. Though the cut begins on this solemn note, he further loses credibility as he switches to an up-beat jazz tempo accompanied by bleating horns...
...Pinter's silences and manipulation of tempo are crucial--they illuminate the dark spaces behind his terse, economical language, convey the Matchseller's power over Edward, and express (in The Dwarfs) Len's isolation and the abyss into which his attempts at communication disappear. Edward and Flora's stream of consciousness babble must be broken by pauses if we are to understand how he comes to destroy himself and dies a symbolic death, while she rediscovers herself and finds a new life...
...plagued by similar tendencies, the casts rushing headlong against Pinter's rigorously controlled pace. It is as though even the performers cannot bear the strain and tension that are essential to the drama. Moments of dramatic explosion are lost in the relentless hurry of these productions. Since the tempo remains unvaried, characters and relationships aren't allowed to develop and the evening tends towards monotony...
With the Crimson effectively controlling the tempo of play up and down the court, coach Satch Sanders called his charges' first win "a sweet victory...