The pace of "The River" is slow, and Mr. Tsai's minimal camera movement and deliberate editing may take some getting used to, especially in an era of hectic cutting and hand-held hyperactivity.
Yes, the East Village was never really like this, but in Chris Columbus's hands, the hectic updating of "La Bohème" to the age of AIDS and gentrification feels surprisingly sweet and fresh.
"Where Cariou's serene and deliberately composed portraits and landscape photographs depict the natural beauty of the Rastafarians and their surrounding environs," the decision stated, "Prince's crude and jarring works, on the other hand, are hectic and provocative".
The hand-held camera work, the hectic jump-cuts and the grubby visuals may resemble television, but the restless pacing and drab appearance serve a clear aesthetic purpose.
The reception clinics (for in-coming institutional or police custody suite detainees) can be extremely hectic so there was no time to hand out questionnaires.
For every foodie who ever clapped his or her hands in delight at such alchemy, such hectic prestidigitation, there have been many others who've dismissed it with an oath.
Pritchett's elaborate constructions, on the other hand, are admired: "His punctuation is tangled, hectic and Victorian.
"If this dough was frozen, do you think I could slap it with my hand?" The restaurant was as quiet as Johnny's was hectic.
For all its obviousness, Hand to God is decently directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel and performed with a hectic energy.
Try to organize your schedule to make it less hectic, delegate chores to family members, and learn to say "no" when you've already got your hands full.
