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In The French Lieutenant's Woman, a film in which the sanity of her 19th century character is in grave doubt, what Streep manages to convey when she is not speaking is extraordinary. She is pleased with the performance. "I luff effrythink I do, darlink," she says, giving a brief...
It is 1946; it is 1981. Overhead fans languidly attempt to rearrange the air. Late afternoon heat seeps through the Venetian blinds. A tenor sax investigates the upper registers of despair. Ned Racine (William Hurt) drags voraciously on a nonstop series of cigarettes. He wears a Clark Gable mustache and...
The novelist, who saw himself as "Pole, Catholic and Gentleman," left his native country at age 16. Between then and the age of 40, he voyaged all over the world, soaking up South American background for stories like Nostromo and Caspar Ruiz, working on sailing ships, where his experiences served...
I.R.A. leaders at first feared the idea of hunger strikes, believing the men would be unable to persist and would thus endanger the esprit of the movement. The longstanding question-Would starvation bring results?-was raised again early this year by prison leaders and debated for hours up and down...
The Maze springs alive for the prisoners around midnight when the guards tend to be less alert and less in evidence. The perfect evening is when the air is still, without a trace of wind or rain. Prison leaders shout into the quiet darkness and their voices carry easily between...