Word: anguish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...disease before we reach 50 years of age. In 1973 our life expectancy is over 70 years. We can anticipate death following a long and debilitating chronic illness like heart disease, cancer or any of a series of neurological disorders including stroke. We can expect to suffer months of anguish on the road to death. Where the very nature of death itself has changed, so have our attitudes and perspectives on life and its termination. Euthenasia is not a new term, but in recent years it has become a more frequent subject of discussion...
...exception of Liz Tyler, the chorus leader, and Louise Claps, the supporting cast too often tends toward melodrama or sing-song declamation. Tyler is adequate in a role comparable to the straight man in a comedy team; like a kindly next-door neighbor, she foils the cries and anguish of Prometheus and Io. The madness of Claps's Io just touches the edge of hysteria...
...times of deepest anguish, like a lover...
Chief consolation for Marion was the Crimson performance in foil. Howie Weiss, who won three, Phillipe Bennett and Dave Fichter, who each took a pair apiece, completely dominated the Eli foil contingent. Gordon Rutledge's two wins in sabre also helped ease Marion's anguish at the heartbreaking reversal...
CRIES AND WHISPERS is Ingmar Bergman's examination of the anguish each human being undergoes when he first discovers that man has no defenses: that transcendent faith in an otherworldly God answers none of his urgent earthly needs; that a developing intellect may bring with it a ruthless hunt for truth repelling all human contact; and that sensuality in itself can only occasionally relieve the pain of a personal void, and might even start a personality festering. The film is Bergman's most complete response to the traditional wisdoms: persevere in faith and you'll be rewarded, gain understanding...