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While the congregational close-ups are introduced with brief descriptions of how we think they connect to the analytical themes in the remainder of the book, the reader is largely left to discover how the voices from these vignettes speak to the arguments and observations we make elsewhere.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Both approaches, the aerial shots and the close-ups, have shown in different ways how English has spread out to become a shared language of planetary scope.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The overhead screens now show close-ups of people crying, jumping, and swaying in the pews.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Both approaches, the aerial shots and the close-ups, have shown in different ways how English has spread out to become a shared language of planetary scope.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Mirren supplies the requisite maturity: dozens of close-ups show her age unadorned with the magic of makeup, and she is above all else a mother, to Miranda, metaphorically to Ariel (the wiry Ben Whishaw), and to his earthly counterpart Caliban (Djimon Hounsou).
Regina Weinreich: Julie Taymor's Gender-Wise Tempest Regina Weinreich 2010
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Mirren supplies the requisite maturity: dozens of close-ups show her age unadorned with the magic of makeup, and she is above all else a mother, to Miranda, metaphorically to Ariel (the wiry Ben Whishaw), and to his earthly counterpart Caliban (Djimon Hounsou).
Regina Weinreich: Julie Taymor's Gender-Wise Tempest Regina Weinreich 2010
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Superb use of lighting (reminds me of Welles), rivetting usage of ultra close-ups -- audio and visual -- (watch for cream atop the strudel; listen to the movement of leather SS jackets), disturbing, memorable violence … all the things you love and expect from Tarantino.
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Mirren supplies the requisite maturity: dozens of close-ups show her age unadorned with the magic of makeup, and she is above all else a mother, to Miranda, metaphorically to Ariel (the wiry Ben Whishaw), and to his earthly counterpart Caliban (Djimon Hounsou).
Regina Weinreich: Julie Taymor's Gender-Wise Tempest Regina Weinreich 2010
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I imagined close-ups, body part by part, lingering, following the curves.
Stars & Fireflies billy robinson 2011
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Mirren supplies the requisite maturity: dozens of close-ups show her age unadorned with the magic of makeup, and she is above all else a mother, to Miranda, metaphorically to Ariel (the wiry Ben Whishaw), and to his earthly counterpart Caliban (Djimon Hounsou).
Regina Weinreich: Julie Taymor's Gender-Wise Tempest Regina Weinreich 2010
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