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...That is also the theme of this film: People should be able to communicate not by words. Therefore, in order not to diminish my concentration [Inarritu] would ask me to communicate in sign language and had it interpreted into English...
...movie. He sees the rough cut and adds notes. But Leone had Morricone do his work first, then composed images to fit the music. That's one reason their Once Upon a Time in the West is an ideal meld of sight and sound. With a strong theme for each major actor (harmonica for Charles Bronson, clip-clopping whimsy for Jason Robards, a sweet symphony for Claudia Cardinale), the film is less horse opera than grand opera. It justifies the claim director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, Malna) has made for Morricone: "He's not just a great film composer...
...sponsored each year by the Mount Washington Observatory, a nonprofit organization that's been running a weather station up here since 1932. (Independent hikers can ascend to the summit for free but won't be let indoors at the top unless it's a real emergency.) This weekend's theme was global climate change, with three talks on that most current of topics. On other trips, you might get a tutorial on alpine photography or mountain ecology...
...Headed for a Fall,” closes the album. While it’s fun to hear Ward belt it out with a host of guest musicians, again including Case, the song sounds just enough like the Traveling Wilburys covering a TV theme song to make loyal Ward listeners uncomfortable. The bottom line is that, while there’s nothing wrong with this single’s constituent parts, it lacks the breadth and coherence that longer works allow. It’s fun to listen to, but one can’t help casting a longing glance...
...Cuarón with “Children of Men”). Of the three films, “Pan’s Labyrinth” simultaneously has the most childlike thematic material and the most graphic violence. Minimalist-influenced music by composer Javier Navarrete, which builds on the theme of a mother’s lullaby, plays during intense visual depictions of gory births and deaths. In interviews, del Toro has attributed some of this familiarity with violence to his upbringing in the still-violent culture of Mexico, and that seems to make sense—only someone...