A dreamy, rootless character, Xiao Yu wears her long hair in a ponytail that brings to mind that of the heroine in King Hu's classic martial arts film "A Touch of Zen" — a touchstone here for Mr. Jia — and is having an affair with a married man.
Recently a Web site Mr. Glantz is associated with, scenesmoking.org, pointed toward "Remember Me," a PG-13 romance that starred Robert Pattinson and was released by Summit Entertainment, as an example of a youth-friendly film that showed its dreamy lead character with a cigarette in hand.
The dreamy part makes sense.
This perky little oddball comes across as a big-belting cross between Baby June of "Gypsy" and Rhoda from "The Bad Seed".Nor does her older sister, Constance (Jenn Gambatese), much resemble the dreamy, emotionally frail character in the book.
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The claustrophobic story takes place in a series of anonymous urban pockets, including the blank-looking streets where Ms. Morton's character, a dreamy meter maid named Claire, floats through her workday reluctantly handing out parking tickets.
One, the title character, a dreamy sort, has had a lifelong fascination with birds and flight, and his experience in World War II has upended his sanity, sending him into a silent fantasy world in which he seems to be contemplating life from the vantage of a baby pigeon still in the nest.
Most of the play's characters are dreamy, dissatisfied, unfulfilled or convinced that they are living a fraudulent emotional life.
He alternates supposed public orations by Plato with comments about him by a small group of characters with dreamy names like Sidonia, Madrigal and Ornatus who have known him since they were all schoolmates at what they call "the Academy".
But Twin Peaks' dreamy scenery and nightmarish characters have made an unexpected return into our lives and onto our computer screens, thanks to a talented illustrator and "Twin Peaks" fanatic named Paul Willoughby.
From romance to mystery, when writing a story where you want to make your lead character stronger, dreamier or unforgettable, don't forget to include the opposite of those same traits.
