Word: understatedness
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Cotton's electric influences have far from absorbed the band's other styles. Poco has long included an acoustic segment in their shows, pickin' their way through "You Are the One," "Honky-Tonk Downstairs," and their medley of "Hard Luck," "Child's Claim to Fame," and "Pickin' up the Pieces...
The scene is a little clumsy for such an understated film. Swiss Director Alain Tanner also betrays an un fortunate tendency to hone a point or a joke until it loses its edge. In one se quence Rosemonde is shown at work, standing beside a machine that stuffs sausages inside...
Though The Outside Man is Trintignant's 53rd movie in 17 years, the quiet, diffident actor is relatively new to the luxury of choosing his films and directors. Trintignant, 41, has emerged only in recent years as a superbly subtle technician of the screen. His taut, understated performances have...
Crisp Prose. "I was hurting far more than I would have believed possible," the trainer hero of Bonecrack reflects, after being worked over in Chapter I by two mysterious men in masks. The tone is typical of Francis. Though his people are regularly, often bizarrely, set upon by musclemen intent...
Armed with impressive research, statistics, and interesting anecdotes, Durso methodically examines each of the major professional sports, from baseball to boxing, from football to golf. He charts the skyrocketing purses and salaries, the mushrooming gates, and the high TV revenues in a calm, understated style. His collected, unassuming assurance sharply...