Word: raconteur
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...rich narratives that are by turns gossipy (his account of Imelda Marcos' rise and fall is hilarious) and compelling (the description of a bombed-out Manila, at the end of World War II, is unforgettable). They're also filled with the kind of insight that only a native raconteur can provide?Celdran is Manila-born, and with his Spanish, Chinese and American ancestry, represents all the city's cultural components. "I can't change the way Manila looks," Celdran admits. "But I can change the way you look at Manila." Private tours begin from about...
...more vintners striving for the bouquet that Parker likes - and that consultants like Rolland can engineer - enough is enough. "One codified, restrictive system is being replaced with another," he says. Nossiter, who studied ancient Greek and has made feature films as well as a documentary about the gay raconteur Quentin Crisp, sees the real topic of his film as how culture gets transmitted from generation to generation. The theme comes to the fore in his long conversations with Robert Mondavi and his two sons, Tim and Michael. When Michael shrugs off the Mondavis' failure to convince Guibert and his neighbors...
...fire trail. Caley may have put up with flour, dried beef and the birds the party's dog caught, but these walkers have freeze-dried kangaroo korma and bolognese, fresh snow peas, peanut butter and macadamia nuts. Whenever he gets a chance, Wyn Jones - an expert naturalist and a raconteur known to burst into snatches of song as he ploughs tirelessly through the bush - fires up his coffee maker, the aroma of caffeine mingling with the heady sweet scent of pink boronia flowers...
...Topkapi, and earned his greatest movie renown as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, as in the film of Death on the Nile. His spirit was essentially impish (as on a comedy album for which he provided all the voices and sound effects); his greatest role was Peter Ustinov, inexhaustible raconteur. The title of his 1977 autobiography summed up the world's opinion of this engaging, capacious talent: Dear...
...Topkapi, and earned his greatest movie renown as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, as in the film of Death on the Nile. His spirit was essentially impish (as on a comedy album for which he provided all the voices and sound effects); his greatest role was Peter Ustinov, inexhaustible raconteur. The title of his 1977 autobiography summed up the world's opinion of this engaging, capacious talent: Dear Me. ?By Richard Corliss...