Word: roof
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...good guys" within this basic framework. These opposing forces usually are taken for granted, and most murder mysteries do not delve any further into the matter, save for a few offhand comments on the fallibility of the men in the white hats. Bo Widerberg's Man on the Roof, however, confronts this automatic assumption in a serious and thought-provoking manner, functioning not only as a top-notch suspense film but also as a valuable comment on our naive notions regarding just who is good and who is evil in both fictional and real-life situations...
...Roof deals with the murder of a Swedish police inspector, Stig Nyman, who meets his Maker in a Stockholm hospital room at the hands of a bayonet-wielding figure. The murder is horribly bloody and practically guaranteed to turn the stomachs of the squeamish. In fact, only Sam Peckinpah could really enjoy it. But like the rest of the film it is quite realistic, and therefore effective...
...mystery involved is fairly simple. Man on the Roof is not a whodunit in the traditional sense. True, the identity of the murderer, who late in the film takes to the rooftops and opens fire on policemen with deadly accuracy, is not known at the outset, but the question of who he is is nowhere near as important as those of what he is and why he is there, elements absent from most conventional mysteries. If you like to pick up cleverly strewn clues and try to beat the heroes to the inevitable punch, you'll be disappointed, for Widerberg...
...century church affairs. The debt-ridden church was swelling with poor immigrants, and Neumann was forced to become absorbed in bricks-and-mortar fund raising. He began building churches at the rate of one almost every month, and devoted much care to the completion of the cathedral roof. He was particularly concerned with the building of Catholic schools, for he said openly that public schools were dens of immorality and heresy. When he became bishop, only 500 Philadelphia children went to parochial schools; within three years that number rose...
...with the aid of some policemen who acted as Sherpas, Willig scaled the final difficult passage to the roof. The jubilant cheers of thousands of spectators and a triumphant cacophony of horns rose faintly to his ears from 1,350 feet below, and he saluted his admirers with a wave. Then Willig turned and fell into the burly arms of the law. He was fingerprinted and questioned, then booked on charges of criminal trespass, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct. The city threatened to sue him for $250,000 in damages-citing the cost of mobilizing the police force, the trouble...