Word: creak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...argument, of clashing souls seeking converts. In the film, the quartet is composed of soloists who listen only to themselves. Not without reason. Statements like "Try to love me a little more and want me a little less," or "It is better to die than to live mechanically" creak like unrepaired antiques. The book's celebrated nude wrestling scene was supposed to dramatize Lawrence's wish for a return to the presexual child-state. In the film's formal, choreographic version, Birkin makes a postfight declaration to Gerald: "We are mentally and spiritually close. Therefore we should...