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It's true that there was a noticable coordination problem in "D'amor sull'ali rosee," her last-act aria; she and Luisotti just could not get together, despite valiant efforts on his part.
Il Trovatore Lisa Hirsch 2009
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It's true that there was a noticable coordination problem in "D'amor sull'ali rosee," her last-act aria; she and Luisotti just could not get together, despite valiant efforts on his part.
Archive 2009-09-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009
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"Lynch's dedication to and practice of Transcendental Meditation inform the remarkable beauties of Inland Empire's final movement, which is not so much a descent into the void as it is a resurgence and reclamation of a particular kind of holy land - Mulholland Drive's despondent last-act plunge into Jungian viscera reconstituted and refocused through a hopeful DV prism," writes Keith Uhlich at the House Next Door.
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His last-act jeremiad is a near-half-hour burst of anguished eloquence in which the actor makes you hear the chilling-yet-thrilling music of ultimate despair.
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-- Mr Gene Louw, the once brilliant Cape Administrator whose last-act appointment to the Cabinet by the departing President
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John Cameron Mitchell - creator of the gender-bending "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" and the hard-core "Shortbus" - pulls it off through cinematic sleight of hand, focusing our attention on the less melodramatic elements of his story while setting the stage for last-act revelations.
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During the debate, Tory Brian Mulroney lashed out at Mr. Turner for keeping his predecessor's last-act patronage appointments to the Senate.
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Until a last-act twist that sacrifices plausibility on the altar of surprise, this is an economical thriller with some nice directorial touches, including a use of subjective camera that captures the disorienting experience of regaining consciousness in a hospital.
Slate Magazine Dana Stevens 2011
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John Cameron Mitchell creator of the gender-bending Hedwig and the Angry Inch and the hard-core Shortbus pulls it off through cinematic sleight of hand, focusing our attention on the less melodramatic elements of his story while setting the stage for last-act revelations.
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However, the impression grows incrementally that the script doesn't add up to much more than a severely attenuated short film, and a last-act transition into weirdsville doesn't work on the intended psychological level.
Variety.com 2010
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