Word: bitterness
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...Idlers of the Fertile Valley" at 9:30 p.m.A wealthy member of the upper class and his threesons withdraw to their country villa, where theyendulge themselves in the macabre pleasure ofidleness and perversion. Echoeing Bunuel andFerrari, the film reaches a bitter socialsymbolism through metaphoric shot compositions andsurrealist atmosphere, winning the Gold Leopard atthe Locarno and the Best Director prize at theChicago Film Festivals...
...bitter penultimate scene, which involves a confrontation between Song and Gallimard--both wearing suits--is also particularly fine, hinting at the power the stage version must have...
...Bitter stuff...
...underpaid and overworked, the teachers who take up this cross find themselves scuttling from college to college, sometimes working at two or more jobs at once. For men and women who have put years into getting an advanced degree, the life of an itinerant scholar often comes as a bitter pill. Many of them are trying to make a name for themselves as writers, which means they are doubly prone to disappointment...
Jeremy Blumenthal, on the other hand, endows the craven, envy-gnawed Charlie Fox with a peculiar loathesomeness. He makes the transition from bitter but unabated brown-nosing to livid insubordination flawlessly. His cloying gestures and demeanor would constitute hamming in any other show, but fit the Mamet bill perfectly...