Word: vividly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pace writing never catches up with spontaneity-which is one of the greatest of the literary virtues." But rewriting is crucial-for example, to strengthen the beginning and the ending of each sentence, paragraph and the larger whole. Especially the endings: "What we hear last is usually the most vivid to us." Avoid grammatical fussiness: "In certain cases a preposition is the most emphatic word to end a sentence with." But worry about words: "There is rarely more than one right word to express an idea exactly. See that you get that one right word...
...Ghosts. Shakespeare, had he attended the Roman opening, might well have attributed the play to Francis Bacon. But Zeffirelli unashamedly claims that he has "found a vivid portrait acceptable to the layman, to the nonintellectual, to workmen, to taxi drivers. Our Hamlet can be identified by contemporary humanity...
...Ophelia has men in her madness. In her last scene, she flings her dress up over her head with sexual ardor before a group of soldiers. "This vivid contrast to her initial purity," says Zeffirelli, "shows that in the mind of every middle-class well-bred girl the thought of sex exists in its wildest form...
...rises above downbeat sociology. Filming in Manhattan, Producer Alan J. Pakula and Director Robert Mulligan (the To Kill a Mockingbird team) have not only caught the flavor of the city-they have imbued it with a gritty freshness all their own. An Italian neighborhood springs to life in one vivid scene set against the background of a concrete piazza, where the men play bocce while the women pull food out of brown paper bags. Some of the film's funniest moments involve Tom Bosley as Angie's feverish, fumbling suitor. One look from her and he becomes accident...