Word: surrounding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...original idea was to surround this story of three kids, lost and grumpy in the woods, with other pseudodocumentary filler: archival material on the witch legend, interviews with local police officers and friends of the missing students, all tied together by a suitably questing narrator. The trope is familiar enough, both from that oxymoronic phrase "reality TV" and from fake-umentary murder movies, such as the 1979 Cannibal Holocaust and the current Drop Dead Gorgeous. The Last Broadcast, a slick thriller assembled on a desktop computer in 1997 for--get this--$900, mixes interviews and "found footage" in its story...
...something she rarely did--but her eye caught the sculpted head of her slain husband, which was the award, propped on the table. At that, she broke down in tears, but only for a moment. Seeing her falter, the entire family got up from their seats and rushed to surround her--Ted Kennedy, her children, cousins. They hugged her, and laughed and made cheerful sounds, like birds. Soon she was laughing too. It was as if the Kennedys have learned to function like a biological organism, have developed a collective reflex to deal with pain as best they...
...says he wants to "erase the traditional line between the visual and performing arts." To this end, Mass MoCA has a theater, rehearsal spaces, an outdoor cinema and what the center boasts is "two performance courtyards." These are ordinary courtyards, enlivened by the buildings, elevated walkways and bridges that surround them. There's something peculiarly exultant about watching a Los Lobos concert in an abandoned factory. That peculiarity is Mass MoCA's chief...
...Vice President Gerald R. Ford accepts a Man of the Year award from the Young Republicans at the Harvard Club of Boston. Several hundred demonstrators rally in the Yard and later surround the building, chanting "Impeach Nixon, dump Ford...
LISTENING FRILLS For those nights when the rest of the house doesn't want to fall asleep to the roar of the Jurassic Park sound track, Sony has come out with the wireless MDR-DS5000, the first headphones that reproduce Dolby surround sound--offering that "you are there" feeling when it's time to be quiet. If that's music to your ears, you might consider the price tag--$550--and opt instead for 75 trips to the multiplex...