In fact, if I were the passenger, and the curtains started closing, I'd think that the person in the back either wanted to have sex with me or was going to kill me".
Filming in mirrors or through sheer curtains, starting shots blurry and then bringing them into focus, the filmmakers create a vibrant, extravagantly beautiful world that, although steeped in global consciousness, feels as recognizable and immediate as any prime-time soap opera.
As Lieutenant Cioffi lines up and quarantines the usual showbiz suspects after the production's untalented leading lady is murdered on opening night, "Curtains" starts to feel like a theater-themed episode of "Murder She Wrote" or "Columbo," caught in reruns on a sleepless night.
Hand-stenciled signs pointed the way to the gift shop full of locally made crafts, the Lion's Den pub in the basement and Country Curtains, started in 1956 on the kitchen table of Jane Fitzpatrick, who ran the inn from 1968 to 1993, when her daughter Nancy took over.
Measure the length and width of the curtains, starting below the loops, rings or hangers at the top.
The steel curtain started coming down this morning on Hollywood and Highland.
(The curtain starts down) AL: (Heading for the door) LUNATIC BASTARD!
The asbestos curtain started dropping on cue but caught on a stage light.
After the war, Lodz struggled under Communist rule before the Iron Curtain started disintegrating in Poland in 1989.
Though "Curtain" starts adagio, most of it is andante, traveling the stage in moderate tempo but with a wide supply of dynamic contrasts.
