As the narrative proceeds, many small and unobtrusively planted seeds are brought to bloom in satisfying and surprising ways.
First used for a full-length movie (Rouben Mamoulian's "Becky Sharp") a decade earlier, and brought to blooming fruition in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and "The Wizard of Oz," the new technology reached its astounding apogee in the lips of Gene Tierney, as red as a witch's apple.
It brings to full bloom what was only hinted at in the polite exchanges between the astronaut and HAL, in "2001: A Space Odyssey," and, toward the end, as Samantha joins forces with like minds in cyberspace, it offers a seductive, nonviolent answer to Skynet, the system in the "Terminator" films that attacked its mortal masters.
If no stem appears, bring to slightly sunnier position, and switch fertilizer to Jack's Classic Orchid Bloom Booster.
It's a sublimely beautiful interlude and a touch ridiculous, bringing to mind the blooms of a portentous rose bush in D. H. Lawrence's "Sons and Lovers" that "expanded in an ecstasy," a prelude to later forest rutting.
Our intent may be exactly the opposite; we may cry out about the therapeutic narrative of body hatred in order to decry the forces that brought it to bloom in the first place.
Perhaps it is a creative passion that has been simmering, but never brought to surface, or maybe a talent that will now begin to bloom.
The designer's mission was to bring blooms back.
While many Parisian flower shops bring in blooms from across Europe, Mr. Castagné stocks his store, Art et Végétal, with flowers grown by local producers.
If you are putting bulbs in the refrigerator or some other cold place that hovers around 40 degrees, you are tricking them into a false winter of dormancy and forcing them to bloom when you bring them out into a warm room.
