Word: sado
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...neither--a mess, complicated by the celebrated Edward Gorey's black-and-white cartoon sets, which reduced the play to the dimensions of cardboard. The most effective scene in the production--even though it was completely inconsistent with the tone of a 30's movie--was an erotic, sado-masochistic seduction of the ingenue by Count Dracula. The production had one indisputable asset: Frank Langella, the most endearing, cuddlesome teddy-bear Dracula ever to pierce a jugular...
...merely mauls. But women--women he subdues with a combination of violence and gentleness, depending on their speed of submission. Dracula robs sado-masochism of its ugly, hideous, sordid side, and changes it into the brutally tender ballet of your innermost fantasies. (Yean, your fantasies, fella...
...liberated, non-sexist" heroine-Signourney Weaver, who proves to be the strongest and most resourceful crew member--should take another look at her brawl with Ian Holm; at last we have a heroine sturdy enough to be elaborately bashed and pummelled, slammed and kicked with enough intensity to give sado-masochists wet dreams for millenia to come...
...catching glimpses of two particularly treasured species. One of them is the Japanese ibis, a long-necked, crimson and white bird that has been so reduced in number that only about a dozen are known to be left in the non-Communist world. Most of these survivors live on Sado Island, off the west coast of Japan; but two have been spotted during the cold months in the DMZ. The other species is the Manchurian crane, a majestic white, black and red bird with a wingspan of 8 ft., which is the emblem of the South Korean airline and something...
...into the air, blood pouring from her eyes, nose, and mouth, and as she moans and gurgles begins to spin her around, whirling her faster and faster until her sprays of blood spatter the walls and lampshades. If Hitchcock assumes our voyeurism, DePalma must assume our psychosis and sado-masochism...