Word: logics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spectacular damage to the cartel's operations; amusing glimpses of the life-style of its rich and infamous boss. What's truly appealing about the film is that it plays fair with all this material and the audience. Unlike the typical action movie, which is always trampling over narrative logic in order to rush on to the next explosion, this movie had writers (John Milius, Donald Stewart, Steven Zaillian; the film is based on a Tom Clancy novel) who take the time to keep us in the picture. You may not remember all of it later, but as the plot...
Some will argue that it is in the interest of the U.S. to promote democracy and human rights everywhere. According to this logic, we should invade every country that does not pass democratic muster...
...danger of Russian imperialism: It's impossible to restore the empire. This isn't the 19th century. All states of the world are now interdependent. In spite of very painful local processes, there is one big universal logic ((of independence)). The disintegration of the Soviet Union was a manifestation of this logic. It could have occurred in a different form or at a different pace, but it had to happen. This process is irreversible. Georgia may lose out on some things. There will be difficulties. But ultimately, a new relationship will be built among these countries, probably the kind...
...that same morning, just after Jeff had fallen asleep? The superintendent of the building must have been bribed. Mrs. Thorwald must have been murdered. Stella wants to know who killed the neighbor's dog which was always digging in Mr. Thorwald's flowerbed. She agrees with Lisa's female logic and says that someone would have to chop off her finger in order to remove her wedding ring. Mrs. Anna Thorwald was definitely murdered...
...people might be bothered by a sense that there is no carefully scripted plot driving the action forward. If they're patient, though, they might just realize that all the seemingly random gags are precisely planned, and that the entire show is a tight cycle following a bizarre internal logic...