Word: conlon
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...Kris Kristofferson). Based on the memoirish novel by James Jones' daughter Kaylie, this beautifully observed film is a domestic epic in miniature: of precocious kids and stern teachers, of maids and their amours, of complex friendships ended by fate's whim. In an exemplary cast the standouts are Luisa Conlon and Leelee Sobieski as the daughter at seven and 14, and Anthony Roth Costanza as her brilliantly effeminate best friend. The Merchant-Ivory attention to period detail often seems like the movie equivalent of good penmanship. But here it accrues a kind of ethical eloquence. These are people...
...Edward Conlon, writing in the September 29 issue of The New Yorker, grants the Louima affair a proper inspection. Conlon compares the experience of the police officer to that of the soldier. He contends that just as the extraordinary demands of warfare can erode the character of good men, resulting in phenomenon like military atrocities, cops who work in increasingly war-like urban environments can find themselves similarly destroyed by their difficult task. Conlon writes, "Whether engaged in combat on the Trojan plain or in the jungles of Vietnam or on the streets of Brooklyn, those who traffic in violence...
While society does pay appropriate tribute to police officers who sacrifice their lives, Conlon points out that we are clearly deficient in our attention to the less obvious threats that every cop faces on a daily basis. Police are plagued with a suicide rate well above the national average, and the invisible damage to the psyche of people who must run towards mortal danger on a daily basis, under the restraint of a myriad of rules stacked against them, is immeasurable. These considerations do not excuse those who break under the pressure and resort to illegal cruelty, but they should...
...DIED. CONLON NANCARROW, 84, eccentric and enigmatic American-born composer; in Mexico City. One of the most curious characters in modern music, he devoted his life to composing almost exclusively for the player piano. He fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade against fascist Spain in 1937. His political views led the State Department to refuse to renew his passport in 1940. He moved to Mexico, where he became a citizen...
Gangly Gerald Conlon is a young Northern Irishman going through all the normal foibles of adolescence--stealing scrap metal, starting riots, having his kneecaps threatened by the IRA--until his father ships him to London to 'straighten out'. When a series of IRA bombs terrorizes the city, Gerry is one of four Irishmen wrongly accused, tortured, railroaded, and imprisoned by the nasty Brits. Gerry's da is imprisoned along with Gerry, and later dies in jail, all of which makes for excellent drama and is a great showcase for Lewis' mesmerizing intensity...