Word: paranoia
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...regime, all the events described in the film could well have taken place this week. 1959...nineteen years ago. Can that much time have passed since this damning indictment of South Africa was first made? The answer is a melancholy yes, which is a testimony to the power and paranoia of the white regime in South Africa, and to the willingness of the outside world to ignore apartheid. 1959...yet black men and women are still denied their humanity in South Africa. Come Back, Africa unquestionably merits a first or second look; you will be hard-pressed to find...
Today, Korchnoi is the Lear of chess: pacing and grimacing, given to lavish tirades and, on occasion, paranoia. During a qualifying match with Spassky earlier this year, he accused his opponent of inducing hallucinations via hypnosis, and even suspected microwaves had been employed to destroy his concentration. In Baguio City last week he demanded the right to bring to the match a fountain pen-sized device designed to detect "X rays, gamma rays and other radiation...
...were found to be nearly as well adjusted as the heterosexual women, though they scored slightly lower on self-esteem and were more prone to thoughts of suicide. Homosexual males, however, showed more signs of emotional damage than heterosexual men in nine areas of psychological distress, from depression to paranoia. Twenty percent of the gay men had attempted suicide, vs. 4% of the heterosexual males. Thirteen percent of the gay males, and 5% of females, were listed as "dysfunctional" -those tormented by their homosexuality and plagued with severe psychological, social and sexual problems...
...journalistic) philosophers can rant forever, yet still achieve nothing by this course. No one dares come to the inescapable conclusion: This country is dying, slowly, and there's very little that anyone will be able to do about it in the near future. Perhaps it's a case of paranoia born of early-summer lethargy; perhaps the result of reading the paper without the benefit of the accustomed cyncial attitude. But when the overwhelming realization penetrated, despite the sun on the shoulders and cold drink in hand, the day was shot. Pessimism may be fashionable...
...outside world is breaking in. It is a very funny and slightly poisonous image of paranoia. But it also has a lot to say about how frail privacy is (can the creature be, in fact, an artist: Westermann himself?) and how vulnerable are the fictions that art erects...