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...second movement of the Sibelius reveals the worst flaws in the less-than-optimal engineering by Sony, which seemingly has Midori buried in the middle of the wood-winds. Without fail, Mehta produces the polished yet superficial orchestral veneer that one has come to expect from him, not helping matters at all. I suspect that Midori is attempting a subtler rendition of this concerto than normally heard, but if so, her efforts are not obvious enough for my taste. I do not encounter the "Nordic winter landscape" that Sibelius was said to strive for, so much as a vast sonic...
...labored for hours on the colorful bed sheet, and in the process we had bonded as an entry. Now as a group we felt we had been wronged. It seemed ridiculous that a bed sheet flapping in the wind could in any way hurt the brick and wood...
...then, on July 2, 1850, Webster admitted to the crime. He said he had become angry with Parkman and had grabbed the nearest object with which to hit Parkman. What he grabbed was a "stick of wood." The blow killed the professor...
...What crawls out of the wood-work are all of the old forces of discontent," Hoffmann said...
...film is fine. It was Mamet's intention that the direction underscore the writing and acting. This is certainly not the film for grand camera moves or stylish lighting. Mamet and his director of photography, Andrzej Sekula, leave that up to Oliver Stone and Robert Richardson. John's hard-wood paneled office with its musty flavor and dark lighting is treated much like the stage of a play. The actors move and the camera follows. All would have been fine were it not for David Mamet's simplified version of sexual harassment...