American Beauty [Blu-ray] MG_Gift_Guide George Balanchine extended the art

George Balanchine extended the art form into radical new paths that came to seem inevitable under his direction

like the vending machine in Texas dispensing full sized pecan pies

He moved on

like the concentric rings around a pebble thrown into a pond

American Beauty [Blu-ray] MG_Gift_Guide George Balanchine extended the artNoted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about the nature and price of beauty in a culture obsessed with outward appearances. Kevin Spacey plays Lester Burnham, a man in his mid 40s going through an intense midlife crisis; he's grown cynical and is convinced that