Actresses in pools, agents on cellphones, the agony of auditions, the pain of waiting for callbacks — these and other staples of Hollywood fiction are often rendered new by Birdie's sensitivity to apocalyptic signs and by Hollowell's jittery present-tense style.
At present, it is especially jittery about labour markets.
That being so — and not neglecting such glories as a room of seminal paintings by Willem de Kooning — it functions as a jittery barometer of present discontents.
Her interest is not for the media (apart from The Guardian, none are present) and as the clock ticks, jittery assistants appear at the door, shuffle their feet and look at their watches, but she will not be hurried.
"Because of the present climate and the economy; everybody's very jittery," said Steven D. Sladkus, a lawyer who represents co-op and condo boards.
At other points Ms. Paley weaves in the story of her own collapsing marriage, and the time switches from ancient India to present-day San Francisco and Manhattan, the images hand-drawn and jittery.
All the trickery and hunting hijinks of the classic cartoon are present, but the figures are engaged in a constant, jittery dance to the song "Brats".
"Over the course of their brief reunion, Hannah and Annie reveal the present while they talk about the past, and the film explodes with jittery, hand-held flashbacks to match their buried emotions".
The Jittery family described in maize [28] and shown later to be present also in other plants [25] and a family related to the fungal Hop element [29] which in plants has so far only been found in legumes [25].
Uganda is particularly jittery.
