| Technique serves deliciousness, rather than distracting from it, in the suckling-pig entrée, which is presented like a meat bonbon: a neat brick of pressed pork, bookended with sprigs of julienned burdock, pickled and fried. |
| The story is bookended by a red-robed monk reminiscing about his youth. |
| The movie is bookended by two hard-working but listless sea battles. |
| The spare production consists only of a white oval platform bookended by two revolving white walls. |
| The excised footage is bookended by black-and-white versions of the scenes surrounding the cut, which is a nice touch. |
| But even with full freedom of expression, you were still forced to remove the documentary footage that bookended the film. |
