Word: ennui
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tension in this film only the sustained drone of suppressed angst. Circle of Deceit lacks the mythic color and intensity of Schlondorff's best-known film The Tin Drum. Where the bizarre fantasy of The Tin Drum terrifies and disgusts, the efficient realism of Circle of Deceit fades into ennui. Both movies bear Schlondorff's unmistakable brass-knuckle touch in the scenes of gore and brutishly cold sex, which he portrays with neither relish nor repugnance. His films are not for the weak of stomach. Nor for the warm of heart...
...flashy show of menacing teeth by Klaus Kinski) wishes to bump off the revolutionary (Armand Assante) and hires the rebel leader's old Harvard roommate to do the job. This character (Ray Sharkey) pretends to go along with the scheme because he is a victim both of existential ennui and of a sudden obsessional letch for the financier's wife. Much show-biz Big Think ensues, but it is not quite stupid enough to be truly funny. Interestingly, there are several nice, quirky moments of domestic comedy involving the protagonist, his grandfather and his live-in lady...
Partly out of ennui and party because she missed throwing, Johnson returned to competition, and at the end of her junior year she was named co-captain for the 1981-82 season with runner Mary Herlihy. With this election came a new commitment to training, throwing and personal excellence that Johnson half never made to Harvard athletics before...
...above conditions sound familiar, the Outing Club may be just the solution to your Harvard ennui. Sponsoring anywhere from two to eight trips a week, the 43-year-old club offers under graduates, grad students, faculty members and alumni the chance to escape Cambridge and participate in expeditions ranging from demanding peak ascents in Canada to soothing walks along Massachusetts beaches...
...Judges, sporting the same big guns--primarily hot shooters Stephen Wood and Kevin McCann--as a squad which the Crimson decimated, 94-71, in last year's opener, controlled the game until the Crimson's superior size and depth made up for evident Harvard ennui...