Word: demon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dream feeling that my life is the non-identical twin, a parody, an inferior variant of another man's life, somewhere on this or another earth. A demon, I felt, was forcing me to impersonate that other man, that other writer who was and would always be incomparably greater, healthier and crueller than your obedient servant...
...squatters spent days demon strating for housing. Last week, after a delegation was rebuffed at city hall, they milled about the building, brandishing boards and iron bars, until carabinieri in riot gear drove them off. In the 19th century square where they jostled, the hero ic bronze statue of the "Green Count" of Savoy (a 14th century nobleman named Amadeo VI, whose sobriquet derives from his inevitable green jousting costume) had been draped with a new red flag. Beneath the statue of the count, a blonde girl frugged incongruously on the pedestal as the fighting rolled...
...this anyone we know? That question constantly haunts Vadim Vadimych: "I now confess that I was bothered ... by a dream feeling that my life was the nonidentical twin, a parody, an inferior variant of another man's life, somewhere on this or another earth. A demon, I felt, was forcing me to impersonate that other man, that other writer who was and would always be incomparably greater, healthier and crueler than your obedient servant...
...when Jack's around, that feeling disappears." Occasionally, Nicholson's competitiveness gets in the way of the general bonhomie. Bob Rafelson recalls that during the shooting of The King of Marvin Gardens, all of Nicholson's bottled-up energies would come out in a series of demon Ping Pong games with the crew. Says Rafelson: "He demolished everyone who dared to take him on." Nicholson is smart enough to know when to call off rivalries. He avoided Ping Pong competition with Michelangelo Antonioni, who directed him in the upcoming The Passenger, fearing shaky times if the filmmaker...
...actor, Nicholson would periodically try other aspects of the business. He wrote a few scripts and co-produced two low-budget westerns, The Shooting, which he starred in, and Ride the Whirlwind, which he starred in and wrote as well. He also turned out to be a demon for efficiency and staying within budgets. When the movies were finished, he personally carried them to the Cannes Film Festival, searching for a distributor and trying to scratch up some contacts...