Word: mysticism
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...role with just the right note of understated anger, frustration and, most of all, confusion. He incarnates the tragic figure overwhelmed by the consequences of his violent life, assuming the morally beleaguered qualities of a late Clint Eastwood character (“Unforgiven,” “Mystic River?...
...dramatic growth in museum-store sales partly reflects the sheer variety of products. These range from the sublime to the slightly ridiculous. Staple items include postcards, calendars, notecards and posters. Beyond that, the potpourri is far less predictable. At the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut one can buy a wooden handcrafted model of a ship ($10,000). Shoppers at Boston's Museum of Science store can take home a tiny piece of the moon, complete with a lunar map locating the crater from which the rock was taken. The single best-selling item in the Smithsonian stores...
...fiction films and documentaries show, Herzog is also an adventurer with a mystic bent. He is both enrapt by this land's riotous beauty and bound to honor its secrets. When the airship finally flies, Dorrington says he is "high on helium," and in a symphony of pristine images and gorgeous choral music, The White Diamond achieves its own ecstasy. Here Herzog proves that films don't need to make things up. The world is full of miracles, if only you know where to look...
...ancient sounds of the Japanese harp giving way, in one piece, to the ringing of tuned glass bottles. In the shifting tones, a faint harmony seems just out of reach. Lim likens the effect to "birdsong beginning inside the egg," a phrase she quotes from the 13th century Sufi mystic Jelaluddin Rumi. Even classical audiences can find Lim's music obscure. "The point for Liza is not about winning a popularity contest," says her husband and collaborator Buckley, who studied with Lim at Melbourne's Victorian College of the Arts. "It's not a conversation saying to the audience...
...film festival triggers a renewal of faith in film. Optimism surges with the spring; hope springs vernal. This is where the seeds are planted in a garden of film that will bloom for the rest of the year. This is where Pulp Fiction, L.A. Confidential, The Pianist, Mystic River, Fahrenheit 9/11 and many other Oscar winners were first seen. Film is our religion, and Cannes marks the beginning of our liturgical calendar...