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...characters exaggerating themselves?) The film's conclusion makes it obvious that they're not pretending, but even before that, we believe in them. Their energy is a curious mixture of childlike hyperactivity and a more adult sexual tension. They may begin a game of chasing each other through the forest and end lying in the grass, embracing each other in their knickers. Similarly, their beloved clay figurines, characters in Juliet's novel-in-progress about a royal family, have love affairs and illegitimate children...
Sure, you say. What's the big deal about these lame banners? They annoyed me too. But, comrade, can't you see the forest for the trees...
...crown jewel of the show, though, is a Van Gogh called The Thicket done shortly before he took his own life. Although the catalogue emphasizes the painting's lack of "tragic import," there is a sense of tragedy in the painting if one views the forest as the paradise which evaded Van Gogh during his life. The catalog also states that there is no entry into this forest scene, but under close observation a path can be detected between two trees. The two trees seem to beckon to the viewer, conveying the idea that within the most destitute mind lies...
...harder for the mother who had surely lost her mind. But the hardest of all were for the boys. Dear God, let them have been asleep that night, snuggled in the safety of their car seats. That way they wouldn't have felt the rough gravel road through the forest, or seen the edge of the dark lake. They would not have wondered why their mother got out of the car, leaving the doors and windows shut tight, why the car was still moving forward with no one behind the wheel. It was too much to hope that they never...
...town reared up in horror. Police, state troopers, FBI agents and thousands of volunteers fanned out through the 515-sq.-mi. county, searching for the car, the kids, any clue at all. Helicopters with heat-seeking devices combed through the Uwharrie National Forest after someone reported hearing a child crying in the forest...