Word: quests
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...internal contradictions in Rose is that it is presented as a valiant and disquieting quest for identity, whereas Rose makes decisive choices and fails at life. At home her two young children are glued to the telly and her husband Geoffrey (John Cunningham) has to send out for chips to feed them since the fridge is bare. Geoffrey, a personnel manager on the skids, has been crossed off as a crashing bore by Rose, and salves his hurt with a nightly round of the pubs...
...here; these are no common killings. But then, this is no ordinary investigator. Son of an embittered general, indifferent party member, all too aware of disparities in Soviet society, he runs contrary to official wishes, pursuing his quarry through Politburo corridors and down provincial streets. It is a lethal quest. The three corpses are soon joined by others, some innocent, some who seem to have tumbled from Stalin's overcoat...
This parade of celebrities is undeniably diverting, but Cyrus is often content to characterize the notables he meets by their names alone. Their singularity rests in who they were, not in how they are described in this narrative. Similarly, Cyrus' spiritual quest for the meaning of life is rendered as a series of set-piece seminars: one sage gives his philosophy, and then Cyrus goes off to seek another, who does the same. For long stretches, the narrator seems to be conducting a survey of ancient thought a la Will Durant: "As I understand Pythagoras-and who does...
That chirpy little voice can be misleading. When Elaine Zayak, all of 15 and the most explosive talent to hit women's figure skating in a generation, says something, she means it. Of her quest for recognition as the world's finest in her sport, she says quite bluntly: "I don't have time to wait...
...provocative--and effective. Forced to consider the complexity of Oppenheimer and the various political and moral forces that swirl within and around him, the audience can't help but be drawn into the personal drama of Oppenheimer's life. An observer can almost feel the urgency of Oppenheimer's quest, especially since Else cleverly intersperses clips of the Nazi war machine to underscore the importance of completing the work on the bomb. All the American scientists were convinced that Nazi Germany was working on an atomic bomb of its own: the long days at Los Alamos thus seemed more...