Word: smitten
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Wilson, former literary editor of London's weekly Spectator and biographer of the humorist and Roman Catholic apologist Hilaire Belloc, is a lightning plotter. The action, however, is never as arresting as those who initiate it. The smitten Hughie is a striking example of what the author calls "an overdeveloped inner life." Bernadette is a stinging portrait of stupidity (a pimp recruits her with veiled threats, and she mistakes him for a social worker). Blore is an overbearing ass who makes a big production about serving a modest Spanish wine and talks of W. Somerset Maugham...
...intimidated by me. That is very bad." So sighs Nastassja Kinski, 23, about her failed romances. On screen, art imitates life. In Maria's Lovers, shown last week as the opening feature of the Venice film festival, Kinski plays the granddaughter of Eastern Europeans who is smitten by a naive Midwestern boy, played by John Savage, 35. While her sweetheart is away fighting in World War II, Maria becomes involved with another man. This sets the stage for what Kinski found to be "the most difficult scenes: where Maria's returned sweetheart cannot make love to her because...
...Marina del Rey, home to 10,000 pleasure craft, a young single man was smitten by a young single woman. His occupation: photographer. Her occupation: secretary-actress. Several rounds of tequila preceded her confession that she liked to get "a little kinky" sometimes. The photographer had no personal experience with kinkiness but lied that he had. At her apartment, she suggested that she get undressed and that he tie her up and take some pictures...
...many are smitten with them. Middle-class Americans are going on a video binge, particularly when it comes to VCRS. Since they came on the market in 1976, VCRS have fallen in price from $1,300 to little more than $250. Sales jumped 101% last year over 1982, to 4.1 million units, and may double again during 1984. Coupled with a popular accessory, the video camera, VCRs have also become the preferred tools of home moviemakers...
...Sandinista revolution, and she played the game of seduction and betrayal with deadly ease. First, she caught the roving eye of General Reynaldo ("the Dog") Pérez Vega, second ranking officer in Nicaragua's notorious National Guard. Then, one night in March 1978, Astorga lured the smitten general to her home. After sending his bodyguard off to buy rum, she drew Peérez into her bedroom and disarmed him. The general undoubtedly thought he was in for a special night; he was. At that moment, five of Astorga's accomplices jumped out of hiding and slit...