Best known for the original "Terminator," with its awesome and ominous alien imagery, and, of course, "Titanic," Mr. Cameron said he came to the Solaris story in college, first through Mr. Lem's novel, interestingly, followed by the Tarkovksy film, which he said he has cooled on.
Picking up six months after the events of Ring, it has the same deadly videotapes, the ominous watery imagery, and Naomi Watts back as Rachel, now trying to save her son Aidan David Dorfmann) from possession by demonic little Samara: the tension builds steadily, without resort to cheap tricks.
Brown's campaign did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday about the video, which features ominous music, imagery of schoolchildren and dilapidated facilities, and interviews with guardians, a teacher and others.
Unlike previous Anonymous videos that typically feature ominous music and imagery, this one was much more upbeat, with the group even mocking the typical view of hackers.
The opening ominous string crescendo and imagery are a parody of the opening credits of the 1976 BBC television adaptation of Robert Graves' I, Claudius.
In both cases, the imagery is ominous: weaponized cyber-bugs, which at first seem harmless, but then work together to fell a human being.
The stark, Joe Nankin-directed, mostly black-and-white clip follows a woman as she speeds through a town at night and into a desert landscape, replete with imagery of ominous crosses, dimly lit motel rooms, and towering wind turbines, perfectly fitting the track's apocalyptic vibes.
"Wise Up Ghost" (Blue Note), the album they made together, underlines some of Mr. Costello's bleakest imagery with stark, ominous funk.
The album's interior artwork features ominous, psychedelic, futuristic, and apocalyptic imagery.
