Word: bestial
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...pajamas, and noticed all over the body traces of blows and scratches that appeared to be marks of violence. I saw in the nape of the neck the mark of a wound, probably made by a projectile of 7.65-mm. caliber. I thought: 'This is infamous, a bestial assassination...
Those who traveled less than Casanova embellished their drawing rooms with fragile fancies: a clock mounted on a chariot drawn along the mantelpiece by galloping gilt horses, or a monkey with a lorgnette in one hand and a tiny cigar in the other, smoking with bestial relish, or a dueling pistol which, with a pull of the trigger, released a tiny singing bird...
...Decline" is a series of historical sketches, in which the author produces at least hints at, a fabulous number of facts about the seamier side of the lives of the great. In the interests of humor, he limits his discussion to the homicidal, sexual, alcoholic, criminal, and bestial aspects...
Strangers' occasional virtuosity cannot conceal its flaws. As a Cuban Gestapo man, Pedro (The Pearl) Armendariz gives a fine performance. But when he starts making bestial passes at Jennifer Jones while Garfield hides in the cellar, he is only one jump ahead of old-fashioned horse opera. Another kernel of corn: Garfield's big death scene, highlighted by Gilbert Roland's brokenhearted requiem in calypso rhythm and some highfalutin dialogue delivered by Miss Jones. Never for a moment a dull movie, Strangers is often too facile or too far away from strict artistic honesty. Coming from...
...Good Old Days." The most inventive of current directors, Huston knows as much about visual storytelling as any living man. Yet he has no weakness for the visual wow. He can contrive unforgettable images such as Robinson's bestial lolling in the bathtub (easily the most efficacious tub shot in movie history) or his death under Bogart's bullets, as obstinate as the rearing snake he suggests. But such images are never merely "pictorial" or "effective." Huston's style, so transparent that it would be very hard to describe, is unimitative and inimitable. It stamps Huston...