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...that the Holocaust must always remain a static concept. According to Henry, first-hand accounts of past suffering cannot accomplish the same emotional and intellectual challenge that a piece of fiction can. Martel’s book is therefore a revolutionary move written in protest against the reluctance to portray the Holocaust outside of non-fiction. Yet a simple look at the corpus of contemporary Western literature shows that the Holocaust has made its way into fiction...
Moore’s message that spirituality is inherent in all living things is very powerful—somewhat similar to the message James Cameron was trying to portray in “Avatar” but without the commercial cheesiness...
...passionate dialogue delivered by nearly all the characters also helps to portray the volatility of the relationships that surround Mussolini. Ida’s interaction with Mussolini’s lover while he is hospitalized is a prime example of this: this lover, a nun nonetheless, exclaims, “I’ll kill her; I’ll rip her ears off!” in an emotional explosion in reaction to Ida’s entrance. Throughout the entire film, emotions fail to flag...
...many people as it moved). In theory, losing someone you love shouldn't be any less universal than finding someone to love, but it tends to be such an inwardly focused experience - most of us just hole up in pajamas and mope - that it's an enormous challenge to portray on film without teetering into the mawkish. Which unfortunately, is just what The Greatest does...
...ball." Heidi Hautala, who chairs the parliament's subcommittee on human rights, has also pledged to force the E.U. member states to close the loopholes. "E.U. governments simply failed to take the rules seriously enough," she says. "It is shameful - the E.U. can talk but not deliver. It cannot portray itself as a human-rights model to anyone until it can put its house in order...