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Word: betrays (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glances really annoyed me because I knew she wanted me to feel guilty, and I knew I didn't want to feel guilty. But somehow I ignored her, and at the same time formulated Beach's First Law of Subway Riding: never betray emotion of any kind. I was glad to get off that train, but I was unhappy that I didn't see another...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Red, Blue, Green, Orange-A Subway Odyssey | 4/11/1970 | See Source »

...integrated as to make their significance more immediate. The hero is Chabrol's destructive romantic, but his dialogue hardly reveals profound love or the insane determination to preserve close personal relationships. It is his facial expressions that detail his momentary emotional states and reactions to other characters' words that betray his character. He is the most completely motivated character I have even seen in a film, for Chabrol has chosen to use dialogue obliquely, turning rather to acting and camerawork to describe his characters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer La Femme Infidele | 3/12/1970 | See Source »

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