Word: faustian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dead Zone) tells this story with no compromise but plenty of intelligent compassion. In the film's first half, the edgy romantic comedy is beguiling, especially as played by Goldblum and Davis, two deft charmers who inhabit their roles as if they have comfortably lived there forever. The Faustian tragedy of the second half is underscored by some revolting and riveting special effects. Watch closely for Brundlefly's agile wall climbing. Close your eyes during the hallucinatory sequence in which Cronenberg, as an obstetrician, helps Veronica give birth to a 20-in.-long bouncing baby maggot. And be alerted that...
...Revealed in all its stark vacuity is the antiseptic, materialistic world of budget sheets, computers and industry analyses that soaks up precious energy of today's young executives. Any humanist contemplating a business career should read The Real World before entering into what may later be regretted as a Faustian pact...
American health officials once dreamed of eliminating infectious diseases, at least in the U.S. That Faustian ambition has been foiled by the mobility of American society, the influx of tourists and immigrants (illegal as well as legal), changes in technology that create new, inviting environments for organisms and, most notably, by casual intimacies encouraged by the sexual revolution. As many as 20 million Americans may now suffer from genital herpes, an incurable but nonfatal disease. In addition, an estimated 1 million new cases of gonorrhea and 100,000 of syphillis are reported each year. "What may be different these days...
...large-orchestra repertory for it to be a serious contender. The Dallas Symphony has one of the finest string sections in the country, but is interpretatively hampered by its prosaic conductor, Eduardo Mata. Washington's National Symphony, another orchestra with the capacity to rise, may yet regret its Faustian bargain with Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who gives it great media attention and a passionate commitment to Russian music but otherwise generally undistinguished musical leadership. Still more able orchestras can be found in Cincinnati, Houston, Rochester, Baltimore, Detroit and Atlanta...
...which he calls Audrey Jr. and which, it happens, feeds on human blood. As it feeds, it grows, until it has spread over the entire store. Soon the notoriety of Audrey Jr. brings the little shop more business than it can handle. But there is a catch in this Faustian bargain: Seymour must oblige the plant's noisy demands to "Feed me!" by offering it the bodies of a derelict, a prostitute and a sadistic dentist. Will Seymour and Audrey consummate their love? Will Audrey Jr. devour them both? Will this outre material make for a good musical comedy...