Word: give
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ducey writes that just the time when students feel the most pressure to buckle down, they are also most prone to give...
...adds that some pressure is stimulating, but when they face too much, students sometimes just give up. Some students' tendency to just sleep or drop out of activities when they are burned out is symptomatic of another cause of burnout: long-term inability to adapt to rising challenges...
...years ago." When pressed on why Rea was right for the part of Henry, the film's jilted husband, Jordan replies, "I needed a strong and incredibly subtle actor for that. It's not an attractive part--men don't like to play a man who can't give his wife an orgasm. I wanted him to emerge with a dignity that is surprising." His instincts were right: the quiet pain and pride of Rea's performance is one of the high points of the film...
...technical aspects of the filmmaking process: "I prepare everything-all the lighting situations, all the camera moves-prepare as much as I possibly can, and if you are that prepared you create a space where the actors can function better." But does all of this control during production give the director an idea of how a film will do commercially? "Haven't got a clue." Critically? "Haven't got a clue either. This is an adult movie, and it deals with themes that you don't see in the cinema very often." Jordan's best films tend to receive modest...
...million in the US alone), Jordan remains self-effacing about his work, an of course, his Oscar. "Nobody knows who got the Oscar for best script. It's the consolation prize, isn't it? It's the one, they should've given it best picture-'Oh, we'll give him best screenplay.' They remember best actor, don't they, and best picture, that's it. [pauses] They definitely don't remember screenplay...