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purest

  • superlative of pure.

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Ash Is the Purest White then heads into less conventional territory.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2019

His latest film, Ash Is Purest White, appears at first to be a conventional mob epic, focused on a “gangster’s moll” character played magnificently by Zhao Tao.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2019

“Ash Is Purest White,” which opened in the U.S. on Friday, is at once gangster drama, romantic tragedy and wistful observation of a rapidly changing China.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2019

“Ash Is Purest White” is directed by Jia Zhangke, who specializes in small, involved tales that somehow unscroll into broader truths, often of the most withering sort, about his native land.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 15, 2019

The following verses were inspired by a painting of Cornelia and the Gracchi: Purest pearls from the sea, Diamonds outshining the sun, Sapphires which vie with heaven, With pride to Cornelia are shown.

From Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown by Colles, Julia Keese