Word: labyrinthes
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...betrayed Christ goes on trial, and his character witnesses range from Sigmund Freud to Satan himself. Guirgis's Shavian fantasy is not a jokey stunt, but a bold, blasphemous examination of the notion of forgiveness. Philip Seymour Hoffman directed a riveting -- and unjustly ignored -- production for off-Broadway's Labyrinth theater, sparked by Eric Bogosian's slick turn as the Devil...
...exercise in motal suspense and an essay on the complicity between those who create disturbing images (moviemakers) and those who take pleasure from looking at them (us). Georges is not as blameless as he seems; his long-suppressed memories of an incident from his youth lead him into a labyrinth of personal and political guilt, and a confrontation startling in its violence. Till the very end of the film, the very last shot, you may ask, Yes, but whodunit? Who was the anonymous terrorizer? And as the closing credits appear over that final shot, I say that you can find...
...they’re probably a whole lot smarter.” As if self-promotion and hubris were in too short a supply around our campuses, the book informs us that Ivy Leaguers are more intelligent than college experts, major publishing houses, and the general public. If the labyrinth of college admissions truly is a puzzle to be solved or a game to be won, then this rhetoric of superiority and altruistic disclosure is an effective one. In the promotion of his 500-page guidebook Marc Zawel, a first-time author and recent graduate of Cornell University, claims that...
...City. But both have the monomania of an Islamic jihadist and the momentum of a Hitchcock movie about a bomb on a bus. Their simple narratives are the fuse that inexorably leads to the big blast. Syriana also ends with an explosion, but its journey there is through a labyrinth...
...floor surrounded by a tangled heap of fabric and thread. She lifts an elaborate metal structure covered in a veil of canvas, and puts it on her head. Merriman is creating performance art—a multi-piece costume that she will wear while walking through a labyrinth spray-painted on the Divinity School parking lot. The complex design will prevent her from seeing where she is going or moving too fast, she explains. “This is about surrendering your will to life.”Across the studio, a conglomeration of gently swaying silicone hangs delicately suspended...