Word: greed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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EXACTLY WHOSE EGO AND GREED...
...only one who knows the answer to those questions, and last week he wasn't talking. Still, what is already known of his strategy and what could be teased out through interviews with far-flung friends and colleagues suggest a tale of arrogance and greed on a grand scale...
...going to hold to my guns and avoid this travesty. I said it back in September and I'll say it again: I'm not coming back unless both sides make concessions to the fans and those people who were put out of work by the greed of both sides...
...Shallow Grave" seeks to describe greed, but contains no real character analysis, and no profound insights into why ordinary people would behave like animals in the pursuit of a suitcase full of money. Boyle's final shot is haunted by the maniacal laughter of a flatmate as blood runs over the image of Queen Elizabeth's face on a bank note. It makes the viewer wonder if "Shallow Grave's" gory pandemonium is a big, shallow joke...
...imagined? A few keystrokes bring up a series of images: illustrations of the conniving noblewoman by a variety of artists, then a scene from Roman Polanski's 1971 film, Macbeth. As the action plays out in a window on the screen, the students discuss the lady's greed and her striking resemblance to a witch in the opening scene of Polanski's film. They can also look at scenes from the 1948 Orson Welles production and a 1988 staging for British TV. As they form theories about Shakespeare's intentions, they may consult any of 40 essays and hundreds...