They tell the story of a balloon whose strings are intertwined with many others, and who then finds his string tragically, inexorably disentangling.
Make sure to keep a bloodshot eye peeled for the DVD release of the documentary "End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones," a string of box sets and a coming musical called "Gabba Gabba Hey!" And if that's not enough, there's even a Joey Ramone action figure -- sniffable glue not included.
Mike is determined to return the ticket (as well as the car) and, again in the interest of propelling the story, makes a string of decisions that defy logic as he tries to do so.
Instead, Bryson chunks his trip into discrete regions, drilling down into the history of each; Strayed pares the story back to a string of anecdotes, and then interweaves them with flashbacks from her rocky upbringing; and Coelho structures the walk around a series of spiritual "exercises" — battle a dog, climb a waterfall, raise a cross — assigned by his guide, Petrus.
In quietly and beautifully telling the story of one imaginary young artist, it presents a string of theatrical veterans at their best and introduces (to me at least) a seriously talented young artist for real in lead actor Ari Brand.
In a version of cordel literature ("literature on a string"; the small printed folios of stories, often strung up on a string for sale and sung by their sellers, an art form that was initiated in the 20th century), Moreira de Acopiara's Colcha de retalhos told the story of the Alvorada family, a tale that paralleled that of the author's own life.
The headline called her a "12-year-old trail running phenom," and the story provoked a long string of comments on Twitter.
It didn't help that, in 2007, Berrabah found herself at the centre of a string of negative tabloid stories.
The secondary story, however, was a string of victories by Democrats in affluent suburban areas in the Northeast.
It's a show where dramatic resolutions go into witness protection, and the simple story of a killer being caught and prosecuted is strung out over three long series, padded out by sparse dialogue and stylish cinematography.
