Word: precisionism
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The film is plainly a tribute to Igmar Bergman, the master at expressing intense emotion and psychological drama on film. Allen emulates Bergman as a student would imitate the master of his craft. The effort, though somewhat over-wrought, like that of a too-careful student, succeeds. A talented cast...
Co-captain Julie Brynteston, emerging from a sluggish first few minutes, set up the Crimson's second goal with a hard ground pass from the left side of the penalty area to Ferrante, who placed a left-foot precision shot high into the top left corner of the goal.
Wouk takes the remembrance part of his title seriously, and in his self-styled "historical romance," the images of atrocity are all the more striking. His concern for history, moreover, does not end there: he clearly intends his work to be an education as well as drama. Historical characters, from...
Count Fonda as a master of masters in precision timing, vocal inflection and revelatory comic gestures. Aside from that, Fonda is part of the nation's memory bank. When he walks on a stage, his footsteps echo with all the roles he has played in theater and films for...
The award was the result of a Hearst stunt. A young New York girl was dying of a fierce disease and had "seven hours to live" (this uncanny precision - seven hours, not six or eight - was quintessential Hearst journalism). Penicillin would save her, but the Army held the existing supply...