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Gretchen Mol is utterly, painfully convincing, the very soul of the contradictions smoothly reified by Ms. Page herself.
With out any inhibitions or contradictions I still adamantly believe that The Sopranos has the finest ensemble cast of recent memory.
Certainly the most controversial American General of the Second World War (and possibly ever) MacArthur is presented here as a man of massive contradictions.
Walter Matthau is a perfect Einstein, Meg Ryan creates a quirky, scatter-brained mathematician, and Tim Robbins brings to life the contradictions of a poorly educated working man who is fascinated by science.
They are ideal and convey perfectly the various contradictions and demonstrate a pure delight in lovemaking.
Well, I can look at all the outrageous contradictions, bad cgi explosions/scope effect/fake town effect/cloud effect, etc, numskulled goofs and sheer idiotic behavior from characters in the film, and idiotic continuity from film makers, except a few.
This film is so confused, contrived, messy and improbable, that there is no evidence of anyone's having thought their way through the contradictions that riddle any time-travel plot.
He is the ultimate anti-hero and villain, slave of his own contradictions, master in dupe business, putting up with his proper suffering, rejected by the woman of his partner(probably Sara is also the woman of his dreams)in this game of personality mirrors which deserves a warm and cautious approaching as well as passionate comprehension.
Set early in the period of American involvement in Vietnam, it gives us a more realistic portrayal of the complexities and contradictions of that war.
Every account you could possibly read about her life is full of contradictions; was she good or was she bad, was the ruthless and cruel or was she generous and kind?
His life story is filled with contradictions (some he created himself).
The intruder - Elliott Gould - on the idyll which they embody together with their teenaged daughter is in contrast an impetuous man, uncompromising, overbearing, and tormented by inner contradictions and compulsions.
She is a study in contradictions, speaking English, German, and Polish to survive at all costs.
This film contains serious contradictions, as it oscillates between making some characters appear sympathetic and then suddenly exposing them as baddies.
At hardly any other moment, Fellini appeared to create such a satire on society, on decadence, on contradictions as well as on the established order like "the institution of the family."
It is not a movie full of snappy one - liners,dialogue is sparse and significant.Miss Genevieve Bujold is also excellent as the Rape Crisis Centre boss,outwardly a ball - breaker,but wanting to trust this odd cop who offers so many contradictions.
Whilst I have never been to the country it did seem that part of the lifeblood of this movie was the tangled city of contradictions itself.
The storyline, at times, doesn't make any sense, and there are contradictions left and right.
Set in Mexico City, Carlos Reygadas' provocative Battle in Heaven reflects the contradictions of the teeming megalopolis of 20 million, a beautiful city of stately old buildings and tree-lined suburbs, yet one in which 3,000 kidnappings take place each year with most perpetrators getting away with their crimes.
Like French director Bruno Dumont, Reygadas' cinema is predominantly physical and there is little dialogue, narrative thrust, or explanation of the contradictions.
Four global trends are reshaping the world of work, helping to resolve contradictions and overcome dysfunction in the labor market as companies, workers, and governments adapt to a new demographic, technological, and economic environment.
“Today,” Xi continued, “we also live in a world of contradictions.”
Others argued just the opposite: unless the Party ceded more economic control, it would lose political power, as the economy’s contradictions multiplied and development became less sustainable.
A true “nationalist international” can emerge only when such contradictions are addressed.
Sympathizers acknowledged the contradictions of a system in which a national unit is used internationally.
I hope that even in the dark frame of such topics the light of the human soul and mind, its contradictions and potential, the ceaseless questions about love and death, about commitment and cowardice, about solitude and solidarity, about the tragicomedy of humans reveal, for better or worse, the imprint of the author.
Helmut Kohl Between East And WestHAMBURG: If reconciling contradictions is the art of politics, Chancellor Helmut Kohl is a gifted performer.
Towards the East, many contradictions must be reconciled.
This trust sustains Kohl's confidence that he can reconcile the contradictions inherent in Nato enlargement: an opening of the Alliance to new members, and a special arrangement between Nato and Russia (and also, incidentally, between Nato and Ukraine).
Not a bad way of reconciling contradictions.
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