Word: smiled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...giving everyone favors. Ostensibly amused by L.A. playing itself, he is more alienated than Maria. His father visited Lourdes and lost his faith; B.Z. didn't bother with the trip. He sits at the bottom of the well which Maria is falling down. All he can do is smile and welcome a companion. They share the parties and friends, and make the right cynical jokes. And they both know that it adds up to zero...
...game was. Her Maria is resigned, not fragile, passive instead of weak. She quietly conveys Maria's estrangement, too weary to be desperate, which makes her response that "nothing applies" the only logical conclusion. Perkins comes on a bit too affably at first, but he successfully converts his tremulous smile--which he has undoubtedly copyrighted--from amusement to sadness to despair. The two build a completely believable sense of understanding between their characters. When B.Z. gives up and takes an overdose of Seconal in front of Maria, she knows better than to try to dissuade him. In the saddest, most...
...precise, deadpan and tenebrific. Together they create a quaint, surreal world where horror and humor blandly lurk on every page. Fifteen of Gorey's works are collected here, including "The Curious Sofa" (which may be the ultimate sexual instrument). Only for those who think they would like to smile at an unfurling nightmare...
...things in a press conference, stay at fancy hotels and swim in luxury. But that's only for a short time. After such a day I also like to go back to my room, close the door and just be myself. Perhaps I go to the mirror, smile at myself and say: 'Remember, Liv, you are just Liv Ullmann, a quite ordinary actress; just a woman who has been luckier than others...
...plot traced a duel of personality between the actress and her talkative nurse (Bibi Andersson), between the actress's corruption of soul and the nurse's innocence. Deprived of words, Liv spoke with a glance, a turn of the head, an enigmatic Gioconda smile. For much of the movie, Bergman simply trained his camera on her face-and that was enough. "Bergman taught me how little you can do rather than how much," she says. "I can now use much smaller means to express what I want...