Word: obsessionals
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With hardly a word Maria Callas conveys the extremes of Medea's superhuman passions--her obsession, turning to jealousy, for Jason; her tender love for her children; and the cold cruelty of revenge and finality with which she kills her two sons. She does not act but rather moves with...
With this accusation Miller could not concur wholeheartedly. But he would argue that it's not only sex but thoughts of sex and the leaps of fantasy he takes off of it that matter. He writes about life force and the wonderful women whose imaginations he grapples with.. Miller...
In the winter Barrie wore instead of a shirt a thick green pullover tucked into his trousers with the suspenders over it. The trousers were baggy and straight, and he reminded me of a young working-class hero--much too earnest to go in for any of the fopperies of...
His only previous experience, Bartleby tells Scofield, was working in the dead-letter division of the post office. Soon after Scofield hires him, Bartleby begins to retreat inside himself. Asked to perform some routine task, he replies, "I'd prefer not to," and never provides further amplification. He lives...
So there was Manny Farber, telling me that the problem with film criticism was the hype-type language used. "Everyone has an eye on the big score," he said. "You can put the name 'Van Gogh' in place of 'Peckinpah' in the reviews Straw Dogs got--that's how obscene...