His eagerly awaited "Tristan und Isolde" for the Los Angeles Opera in 1987 looked ravishing for about 10 seconds at the top of each act but foundered in the hands of the director, Jonathan Miller, who was running on empty.
They never did make the Burroughs, but they have made three other films together: artsy murder mystery The Protagonists (1999), close-up interview The Love Factory (2002), and now I Am Love, a ravishing melodrama about a Milanese dynasty thrown into disarray when the paterfamilias leaves the lucrative textile business to his grandson, as well as his son.
What ravishes Allen about the music is the "warmth and simplicity" of it.
"Shadow of the Vampire," E. Elias Merhige's strange, occasionally ravishing new movie about Murnau's unholy collaboration with Schreck, goes a step further.
I hope that by being upfront about that reality, I can make you feel as comfortable as possible about ravishing each other in my bed while I stay at my friend's place a few blocks away.
While they paid particularly close attention to '80s legends like Wendy Richter, Miss Elizabeth and Missy Hyatt, I found myself fantasizing about "Ravishing" Rick Rude and Lex Luger.
I stared for a long time at Gustave Le Gray's "Brig on the Water" and "Mediterranean Sea, Sète" (albumen prints from 1856 and 1857), ravishing seascapes that are about what art photography is mostly about, light in these pieces, sunlight, reflected on clouds (above) and water (below).
I stared for a long time at Gustave Le Gray's "Brig on the Water" and "Mediterranean Sea, Sète" (albumen prints from 1856 and 1857), ravishing seascapes that are about what art photography is mostly about, light — in these pieces, sunlight, reflected on clouds (above) and water (below).
The hilariously ravishing three Austrian hostesses performed in about as many languages, as did Nigella, and got it mostly right throughout the evening.
