Word: stalked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this black-and white film depicts and events of a foggy night when a circus arrives in a small European town. The town has been terrorized by an elusive strangler (Michael Kirby) who has been murdering citizens--and Woody, ironically enough, has been impressed by vigilante groups to help stalk the killer...
...whose psychopathic weirdness simultaneously attracts and repels the couple. And mysteriously energizes them. In his sexuality there is political metaphor. He is an undeclared fascist, hiding the threat of self- destruction under the lure of self-actualization. The movie is full of unsolved mysteries. Why does Robert choose to stalk this pair? What motivates his sadism, which is of both the delicately patient and suddenly violent varieties? Nice questions, which are left to resonate in our minds...
...argument with Holden, possibly over the latter's mistreatment of his dog and rabbits. Gray then killed Holden and his elder daughter, 11, and torched the house. As terrified villagers tried to flee, Gray fired at them with five high-powered rifles kept in his kitchen, then began to stalk neighbors' homes. Among those killed was the first policeman to arrive at the scene...
Bill Mathers, not at all a typical resident of the Big Open region, took it all in, said little, bought more land, increased his commercial herd to 3,000 and granted hunting rights on his holdings. Easterners in big mobile homes arrive each year and stalk elk and deer that glide over the hilltops like sandy clouds. The hunters get state approval for a few days, bag a trophy, then rumble back home feeling as if they have been with Lewis and Clark...
...complain about the pool of potential partners, yet all year we stalk each other. We wander in circles, telling ourselves that our sexual frustrations, our weekly Store 24 binges and our raving tantrums about our pathetic sex lives are the fault of Them--our classmates. If only we had normal men/women here, I wouldn't have these problems...