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...Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood." That list spelled out the plot: damaged veteran, middle-age girlfriend, young daughter. The Wrestler never rose above fight-movie bromides, never dispelled my gloom. The character stereotyping makes Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa, by comparison, seem as swathed in moral ambiguity as Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers. The movie's serioso sentimentality is doubly strange since the script is by Robert Siegel, an ex-staffer of The Onion and co-writer of The Onion Movie. His old job was puncturing clichés; here he recycles them...
...course,” said Ollie.***The stench of fish, sweat, and miscellaneous refuse rose up from London’s docks and met the fitfully descending sunlight halfway. With their wheelbarrow rattling along, Ollie and The Stable Boy moved quickly towards the H.M.S. Visconti. The Stable Boy had met the trading vessel’s wizened old Captain in a tavern on Fleet Street the previous week. After a night of drink, argument, and backgammon, The Stable Boy had convinced the Captain to take on two strangers with no papers. The Captain’s asking price...
...Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood." That list spelled out the plot: damaged veteran, middle-age girlfriend, young daughter. The Wrestler never rose above fight-movie bromides, never disspelled my gloom. The character stereotyping makes Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa, by comparison, seem as swathed in moral twlight as Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers. The movie's serioso sentimentality is doubly strange since the script is by Robert Siegel, an ex-staffer of The Onion and co-writer of The Onion Movie. His old job was puncturing cliches; here he recycles them...
...experimentation," says Miuccia Prada, who works constantly with Ratti to develop her prints?anything from the hand-drawn Art Nouveau organdy prints for spring to the postcard-inspired kitschy prints of several seasons ago. "Ratti stands out for its constant work of research and archives," says Fulvia Visconti, vice president of Salvatore Ferragamo. Ralph Lauren stresses the importance of Ratti's design studio and technical expertise. Even American retailer J. Crew has delved into Ratti's extensive archives of more than 300,000 fabric samples for inspiration for its limited-edition collection. "Their incredibly vibrant colors work so well...
Known to his staff as Signor Ratti or Cavaliere until he passed away in 2002 at age 86, Ratti was considered a major figure in the Made in Italy story. Visconti, who collaborated with him on ties and scarves, remembers him as a "man of great values with a strong passion for his work." Labeled a legend for his dedication and foresight, Ratti was a gentleman who cared deeply about his employees. When the printing factory was built, he insisted on installing huge windows, giving his workers a breathtaking view of the Alps...