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...what of the music? The first hour suggests an ambitious but conventional musical, with a rousing drinking song and some lovely Elvish ballads that, as one hobbit in the show says, are "like wine for the ears." But as the tale darkens and deepens, LOTR turns into musical drama, with songs replaced by underscoring of the battles. The last real song, and it's a beaut, comes at the end of Act II: Frodo and his friend Sam Gamgee sing in reminiscence of the Shire they love, "Now and for always...
...wake of Robert Towne’s new film “Ask the Dust,” it’s an opportune time to take a look at Towne’s previously masterful crafting of a superior 1930s Los Angeles tale, 1974’s “Chinatown...
...opening scene of a play. Even with Towne’s substantial creativity, “Ask the Dust” would have crashed and burned without the solid performances of Hayek and Farrell. The fairly simple plot needs the acting heavyweights to add depth of emotion to the tale. Hayek is at her best, depicting a woman strongly connected with her native culture in a society that condemns it. She creates an innocent, yet sexually attuned character who delivers lines that, when said by anyone else, may have seemed corny or mechanical. Often, Camilla asks Bandini...
...becomes a lotus-eater limbo with all four lingering between youth and adulthood. Through the activities in this small Mexico City apartment shot in black and white, Eimbcke shows us that we might have our most introspective and colorful discoveries in this limbo. Each of the dreamers’ tales unfolds in grand yet disquieting terms. “Duck Season” discusses youth with a grave tone usually reserved for death, ultimately disturbing many comforting preconceptions about childhood. Easily upset type-As can still find reassurance in the juvenile sensibilities the characters employ to dismiss their problems. Flama...
...Situated in the chaos and confusion of Kunduz, the reader becomes captivated by Donk’s bizarre desire to be surrounded by these scenes of death. His tale is a haunting and intricate study of a human’s fear and fascination with death...