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...around the world a new outbreak of battles shows that the anguish so brilliantly depicted by the movie's makers continues to haunt Cambodia. This winter, as they have in each "dry season" since they invaded the country six years ago, the Vietnamese have launched an offensive aimed at wiping out the various Khmer rebel groups that continue to resist the puppet government they installed. The fighting was reported to have been particularly bloody this time, as the Vietnamese destroyed one of the rebels' main bases and pursued the insurgents over the border into Thailand...
...script of Pack of Lies had been made into a film, the results might have been different. The tension, paranoia, and anguish inadequately present in the text could have been drawn out and accentuated by a talented film director. Clifford Williams, the luckless captain of this production, can do no more than block the actors and leave them to themselves...
...RIDICULOUSLY over-talented cast can only emphasize the mediocrity of the material they are performing. Martin becomes a slightly befuddled middle-aged Englishman, the most the role permits. Harris creates a magnificent portrait of a woman slowly eroding from half-hidden anguish whenever Peter and Helen Kroger (Colin Fox and Dana Ivey) drop by. Fox plays a man quiet enough and thoughtful enough that you could almost believe he has a radio transmitter in the basement (which he does). Ivy's accurate portrayal of a loudmouthed, gregarious American makes the audience cringe: it is doubly funny because she has convinced...
...priorities that shape the way we live our lives. Tsongas details the discovery of what he calls a "mild" form of cancer (Is he on the level?), his reactions; his treatment by Dr. Canellos in Boston, the reactions of his staff and friends. He wants us to feel his anguish. Not so that we will pity him, but only to jar us from our complacent attitudes towards the roles of success and career...
...must drive through a crowd raging at her, and a man in a monkey costume leaps on her car, pressing his face menacingly against the window. Is it this echo that impels her to testify that she was the victim of a hallucination and thus free Aziz from his anguish? The movie is silent on the point, allowing us to make what we will of the image...