Word: sinned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could seem hackneyed in this post-Kinsey day and age. However, in spite of modern omniscience and in spite (or because) of the overwrought treatment it receives in the film, the relationship convinces. Pauline writes in her diary that now she understands "the joy of this thing called sin," and after the bathtub scenes and experiences in "The Fourth World," you may find yourself understanding...
...pressure of both mystery and reality that makes Poussin so unacademic. He was an idealist. The world he painted, in all its mythographic richness, was not fallen. Neither sin nor decay was part of it. The young man in The Inspiration of the Poet, circa 1631, glancing upward while the imperious hand of Apollo redirects his attention to the text in his hand and the muse Calliope gives him a level look of benign assessment, might as well be Poussin himself. The allegory unfolds in a luminous calm but is grounded by discreet observation: the relaxed pose of Apollo...
...game was characterized by defensive lapses, lost opportunities on two five-on-three situations, and a never-ending series of penalties that left the Harvard sin bin occupied for most of the evening...
...outside world: "We have decided how sad it is for other people that they cannot appreciate our genius." Later, after the girls make love to their saints (and each other), she writes, "We have learned the peace of the thing called bliss, the joy of the thing called sin." And the morning of the murder, she notes, "I felt very excited and night-before-Christmasy last night...
...film's triumph is to communicate this creepy excitement with urgency and great cinematic brio, while neither condescending to the girls nor apologizing for their sin. The film's serendipitous stroke was to find Winslet and, especially, Lynskey, a first-time actress. They are perfect, fearless in embodying teenage hysteria. They declaim their lines with an intensity that approaches ecstasy, as if reading aloud from Wuthering Heights. The giggles that punctuate the girls' early friendship are not beneath Winslet and Lynskey. The screams that end the film are not beyond them...