Whereas younger producers, caught up in the fever of chasing play-counts and column inches, typically release relentlessly, August has managed to restrict himself to occasional but appreciated output.
The races and the chases play in counterpoint, each with its own beauty and its own type of ecstasy.
Twelve months ago, rugby fans were left wondering just where the game was headed following week after week of uninspiring, defense-oriented, kick and chase play.
When the Czechs and Swedes, mostly N.H.L.ers, played the other day, by my count there was exactly one instance of the stultifying dump-and-chase play that dominates offensive style in North American hockey these days: the puck shot from center ice to the corner, followed by either an easy clear back out, or else a stick-jamming battle for the puck.
And when it does, it is a balletic nighttime chase played out over the roofs of old Beijing.
As an equally unlikely encore, Ms. Chase played her own arrangement of Paganini's Caprice No. 24, expertly deploying unconventional techniques to evoke a violinist's bowed chords and plucks.
Watch Connery checking his Turkish hotel room for bugs; he prowls around in a dark suit, eyes flashing, the camera following like a valet; the great James Bond theme, which we now associate with car chases, plays over the quiet scene and bathes it in both menace and fun.
Possibly as early as Wednesday morning, the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission will receive letters from Congress formally recommending that the two regulatory bodies investigate the roles that Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Chase played in the demise of Enron.
In a way it's even more impressive how well Miller and Co. are able to draw us in as the chase plays out.
With the increased exposure, Rollins made several appearances on American music channels MTV and VH1 around this time, and made his Hollywood film debut in 1994 in The Chase playing a police officer.
