Word: tensioning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...unsolicited problem solving caused tension, says Kim Allard, a city councilor who helped the Meehan-Hoos settle in. Each day King would present his guests with a schedule of tasks. "He was controlling everything that was happening. And they were fully able to do for themselves," says Allard...
...those cute little Van Morrison subject headings now read forced instead of funny. A heading left blank, however, screams indifferent, and “Re: re: re: hey,” convinces me you just don’t care. Good e-mail correspondence can create quite the sexual tension, I’ll admit, but well-thought-out words risk an eventual let-down (“He sounded much wiser on the Web”). Speaking of smart, what’s with the torrent of typos? Revise your ranting for my sake at least...
...screenplay also disappoints. He does little more than transcribe the musical’s libretto: almost all of the film’s dialogue—even that which is not sung—rhymes. This gives the movie an unfortunate Seussian feel, and drains the tension from the film’s darker scenes.Stephen Goldblatt’s murky and colorless photography won’t be winning any awards either. Because one of the central characters (Mark, played by Anthony Rapp) is a freelance filmmaker, I half expected a plot twist that would reveal the movie...
...insanity was the disconnect between Baer and his old associates. "I'm an ex-bureaucrat," says Baer. "I have no money. I got a $70,000 advance for my book--which in their world is a three-day trip to New York. I think Gaghan saw the tension there...
...take off on a whirlwind tour of Spain, as he searches for a way to avoid his old identity and to discover how to live a completely new life.The beauty of the movie is not encased in the plot, which is simple enough. Rather than turn this into high-tension melodrama, complete with mad car chases and imprisonments, Antonioni pares everything down to the most minimalist possible point. The delicious assortment of visual simplicity needs no additional thrills or frills. From his beautiful palette—all blues, beiges and whites—to his painstakingly executed shots?...