Word: aestheticized
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Tackling Rameau is a formidable task; like Havana cigars and Scotch whisky, the French baroque is an acquired taste. The operas of Rameau, Jean-Baptiste Lully and others who flourished in the late 17th and 18th centuries are subtly alluring, yet their convoluted plots, emotional restraint and refined aesthetic make...
The movie is shot in black and white. That's a strange choice for a comedy, because black and white films seem drier and duller than technicolor. It's an even stranger choice for a first time director like Prince. In black and white there's nowhere to hide--you...
Peep-show porn is not the only bad influence, according to some commissioners. Several panelists are equally troubled by the sexually sadistic aesthetic that has crept into general-market films, such as Dressed to Kill and the more recent 9 1/2 Weeks. Commission Member Park Dietz, who teaches at the...
That encounter, which leads to brutal police beatings for both, takes place in 1970. Fifteen years later, the men meet again, this time at a diplomatic session between the same country's newly installed left-wing dictatorship and an international human rights group. The visitors are pleading for the release...
Whether or not Expo 86 is an aesthetic triumph, it promises to be a business bonanza for British Columbia. The fair, which cost $1 billion to mount, is expected to attract more than 8 million visitors, some 60% from Canada and 35% from the U.S. The fair will undoubtedly generate...