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...seats, with a wide view of the stage; there is little of the distracting crosscutting or ogling close-ups that later video directors have found so irresistible. One surprisingly awkward visual moment, though, occurs in the middle of the most famous line in the opera, the Marschallin's worldly wise "Ja, ja" as she withdraws from Octavian's life. Here the film leaps in mid-utterance from a long shot of Schwarzkopf to a close-up, calling attention to the camerawork when the viewer's concentration should be on the poignancy of the moment. Although the color has faded somewhat...
...felt it would help us out a little bit--it suits our team a bit better," he said. "Either we're going to play it here or we're going to draw different lines on the other field. Playing-wise, this is a nice field...
...John Dawson was a stalwart on the faculty from the time he joined it in 1957," said James Vorenberg, Dean of the Law School. "He was a fine teacher, a highly respected scholar and a wise and warm colleague who played a central role in the life of the school," Vorenberg said...
...Paris, Capa refined his skills as a street-wise hustler who could and did get away with everything less than murder. He stole, lied, and "shot the moon," which was Capa's euphemism for skipping out of hotels without paying...
...passivity of the text, emphasizes O'Neill's redemptive theme: that everyone, no matter how close to oblivion, yearns for hope and thrives on dreams. The basic action is Hickey's journey toward the abyss. But the uplifting message is that his potential victims may look, yet are wise enough to draw away before they tumble...