Word: feverishly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about Soviet gambits should not preclude serious talks on controlling space weapons. Such devices are inherently destabilizing. Not only would U.S. weapons prompt a redoubled Soviet effort in space but they would be sure to quicken Moscow's buildup of offensive missiles, which in turn would force a feverish U.S. response...
...climax in the final scene, where poor Tom Rakewell, insane at last, finds himself in Bedlam. The wall is covered with graffiti, each one a quotation from Hogarth, and in front of it the chorus of lunatics is housed in a stack of boxes, splayed in false perspective, a feverish metaphor of cellular confinement...
...this allows Fosse to present her story as a tragedy. Nicholas doesn't ask to see pictures of her when she auditions, he just looks at her until she blushes. He tells her to make her own decisions, to leave Snider--but in his eyes there is a feverish, ashamed glint that hides the familiar fantasies: Nicholas's difference is that he sees her as a Madonna instead of a whore. When she's with Aram she dresses better and drives a nicer car--but she's still an image that is only shattered when Snider destroys them both...
Pszonisk creates a character as compelling as Depardieu's. His Robespierre is racked by doubts from the start jealous of Danton's popularity and power, yet willing to sacrifice all for the revolution. Pszonisk's careful acting and studied manmannarisms, as well as his fully convincing feverish fits of illness and anguish add wonderful dimensions to Robespierre. We are fully prepared for his pathetic final scene of self discovery as he realizes he has forsaken the goals of the revolution, and the words of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen echo in his head...
...irreverent cynicism favored by the later Holmes. The confines of a medieval monastery, with its many regulations, restrictions and mystical devotion, prove to be the ideal setting for a mystery. The very richness of the late medieval church culture--a tapestry of illuminated manuscripts, intricate architecture, relies, and feverish religious cults--would embellish any novel. But in the skillful hands of Umberto Eco, the monastery becomes the forum for discussing theological and philosophical problems, many of which remain strangely relevant in today's world...