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...country's escalating dilemma. Apartheid was collapsing of its own inherent absurdity. Moreover, the outlawed A.N.C.'s 1984 call to make South Africa ''ungovernable'' had been answered by a surge of black demonstrations and acts of civil disobedience. To put down such unrest, the government had to use increasingly brutal police and military actions, many of them filmed by news cameras and televised to appalled viewers around the globe. These ugly spectacles increased international pressure for economic sanctions against South Africa. Whites saw their nation becoming an international pariah. Realizing he needed Mandela, Botha arranged a meeting with...
...less morally defensible. People's dignity was being impaired, and it brought humiliation. I have said time and again, ''We are sorry that that happened.'' MANDELA: I don't think it is necessary for De Klerk to apologize. It is what a person does to ensure that the most brutal system of racial oppression is completely eliminated from our society. DE KLERK: I don't want to sound vindictive, but I am relatively satisfied with the agreement. I don't see that we have made any fundamental concessions on principle -- practical concessions, yes. MANDELA: There is no question of compromising...
This two man band embodies the old adage “less is more,” unleashing a brutal sonic assault with just a deafening drum set and a pulsing bass guitar careening along at breakneck speed...
...Tenenbaums” was prevented from plumbing too deeply into these emotions by ensemble comedy conventions. This is not to suggest that “Squid” isn’t a tremendously funny film. But its humor is rooted in the intractable narcissism and brutal selfishness of its protagonists. One laughs during “Squid” not out of delight, but in recognition of human stupidity at its apogee. The worst offender in this respect is household head Bernard Berkman (Jeff Daniels): he is a novelist whose literary reputation is diminishing in inverse proportion...
...driven by their stoic leader (the excellent Jamie Foxx) they play brutal football games in full field regalia. And await the inevitable Dear John letters from home (one of which arrives in the form of a video showing a wife having it off with a civilian back home). And set their tent afire with some careless cookery...