Under the direction of Alex Timbers, "Here Lies Love" slickly employs live video projections of some scenes to simulate black-and-white TV news broadcasts, an effective aesthetic device that seems to layer the characters' personal context with larger, historical implications.

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The initially random order of the characters lends this wristwatch a mysterious aesthetic.

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Players could purchase more of the characters if they wanted, as well as aesthetic upgrades and other customization features.

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For the first time, the brothers work with established actors and a decent budget, yet they hold to their earlier aesthetic, moving in close with a handheld camera, and staying close as characters try to work out their confusions.

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Though the aesthetic is rough-and-ready, Hawley is a sincere and sensitive storyteller who brings the characters to life with subtle, oblique touches that show who they are without saying too much about them.

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With the same wit and precision he brings to his lyrics, he fielded questions about the challenges of rhyming traditional Chinese characters (complete with a demonstration), why living in Los Angeles hasn't influenced his aesthetic (but Bali might), and his progress on a stage adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline.

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