Word: loner
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...Everything’s Gone Green” is a strong first showing by novice screenwriter Douglas Coupland, who has a long history as a novelist, and who popularized the term ‘Generation X.’ The film, like many before it, follows a modern young loner as he struggles to find meaning and direction in life as everything around him swirls dangerously out of control. Director Paul Fox strikes an unexpected level of originality by taking advantage of his talented cast and presenting a consistently comfortable atmosphere throughout the film. Coupland’s script layers...
What is the the cost of our curiosity and culture? One man was the villain; many of his victims were heroes, yet his is the face that is seen, the story that gets told and all too often the act that gets copied by the next broken loner with a grudge. The day after the shooting, bomb scares and other threats closed schools in seven states. As the news cycle surrendered to round-the-clock coverage, finding meaning in the mayhem was a performance art: Dr. Phil was warning about the dangers of a violent popular culture before anyone knew...
...Steve and I would pay very little attention to our classes and then furiously inhale the key books just before an exam,” Gates recalled in a 1995 autobiography. A member of the Fox Club, Gates has said he was as a loner at Harvard who rarely slept, “sitting around in my room being a philosophical depressed guy, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life...
...Steve and I would pay very little attention to our classes and then furiously inhale the key books just before an exam,” Gates recalled in a 1995 autobiography. A member of the Fox Club, Gates has said he was as a loner at Harvard who rarely slept, “sitting around in my room being a philosophical depressed guy, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life...
Dern, who was filming himself for VES 55r, “Personal Documentary,” claims to be “kind of a loner,” but he made a name for himself by getting together with one of the show’s “beauties,” Jennylee Berns...