Word: virtuoso
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perhaps the most remarkable thing about this passage is that it is not what it would be in a more typical war epic, a virtuoso end in itself. For Spielberg it is something to build on, not build toward, and that says much about his confidence as a filmmaker and the stubborn, instructive earnestness with which he approached Saving Private Ryan. To him, this carnage--his vision of which has moved strong men to run from the screening room and caused the Motion Picture Association of America to give the film an unusual (for the director of E.T. and Raiders...
Sadly, Glimp spent his last three decades squandering his creative energies in a legal battle with Alfred A. Knopf; the artist demanded more royalties, while Knopf contended that he was not Glimp's publisher. At 86, death came peacefully to this proud virtuoso as he slept at the wheel of his sports car and drove into a tree. But wherever there are tiny, neurotic cultists with fruit and incense, Cranford Glimp's art will live...
McCarthy's abundant literary skill barely keeps him on top of his material. It can be a spellbinding ride. He is a virtuoso of the lyric description and the free-range sentence, as well as a connoisseur of cantinas and ranch kitchens. A lot of whiskey and coffee goes down and many wooden matches are ignited by horny thumbnails before John Grady Cole and a Mexican pimp named Eduardo square off with knives over the fate of Magdalena...
...room with a cheerful, disarming grin and a loud "Ta-daa!" As an entrance, it is both worthy of a superstar and, in its self-aware over-the-topness, a commentary on the absurdity of being a superstar in the first place. Heeeeeere's Yo-Yo Ma, the postmodern virtuoso! Lugging his cello and dressed in formal attire for a just completed photo shoot--tight scheduling is one of the defining characteristics of his day-in, day-out existence--he takes off his jacket and asks the two journalists present, "Mind if I change?" Since no one will admit...
...Afro-Cuban flavor permeates Rubalcaba's playing, placing his virtuoso stylings in an effective and distinctive context. This world music influence is most evident on the Spanish-style waltz "La Pasionaria," but is apparent throughout the album's six tracks. Often there is a dance-like and regular feel to his solo lines, accompanied by percussive comping; other times he will simply transplant wholly Cuban figures into his improvisations...