Lorgnette

 









lorgnette



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[lawrn-yet]



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–noun 

1. a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.

2. a pair 

of 

opera glasses mounted on a handle. 





　

Present rendition (Irene Dunne and John Boles starred in a forgotten 1934 RKO version) begins with a lovely floral and lace title sequence by Elaine and Saul Bass, then plunges the viewer into the hotbed of high society 



-- the opera, where the real action is in the boxes, not onstage. The focus of most lorgnettes this evening is Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer), a beautiful American recently returned from Europe after leaving her aristocratic husband.





leukemia 白血病 

hemorrhage 出血

stasis 瘀血

vitriol

vitreous 玻璃體的 The film is filled to dazzling with the [vitreous] and the [translucent]

tympanic 鼓膜的

timpani

sphincter 括約肌 remove head from sphincter, then drive!

synapse 突觸 Sometimes avoiding the [synapse]-raping bad habits of splat packers Eli Roth and Alexandre Aja is its own reward,

gurney

Brad Anderson hurt his [back] during filming and directed much of the film while [lying] on a gurney.

Scalp