Nook & Cranny

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–noun 

1. a corner, as in a room. 

2. any secluded 

or 

obscure corner.

3. any small recess: a breakfast nook. 

4. any remote or sheltered spot: a shady nook that was ideal for a picnic.  





　

Every scene is crammed with detail, from the nooks and crannies of the settings created by production designer Donald Graham Burt and the century-bridging costumes by Jacqueline West to the faces of the main cast and countless extras. 



Alexandre Desplat's score provides lovely and unobtrusive dramatic support. Fincher and lenser Claudio Miranda shoot mostly in deep focus images to maximize the information in every frame, and the depth of the blacks they achieve shooting on digital is extraordinary.



cranny

–noun

1. a small, narrow opening in a wall, rock, etc.; chink; crevice; fissure: They searched every [nook] and [cranny] for the missing ring. 

2. a small out-of-the-way place or obscure corner; nook.





abyss

fall into the [abyss], [abyss] of shame

abysm (figurative)

abysmal

[abysmal] ignorance, her concentration was [abysmal] 

abysmal[ly] gloomy

the [abyssal] zone (oceanography)

orifice 

although the doll comes advertised with "orifices," Lars does not use Bianca for sex.

crevice 

tiny crevices between our [teeth]

crevasses 

yawning crevasses in our knowledge of the [universe]

rift

fissure

The roots of the tree loosened their holds in the fissures of the [rock].

In one sight gag, Thornton gets slammed in close-up against a glass door that waits a beat and then [fissures].

slit

make a long cut, fissure or opening

and she has her own spooky glamour for having once slit her [wrists]. (The thin, [wistful] Malone 



aperture

rictus

the gape of the mouth of a bird

his face frozen into a [rictus] of unease and dislike, his eyes turned away, as the classmate [rattles] on and on.

Vicinity