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Those means did not for long remain unemployed. Assassinations in Sarajevo in 1914 lit a spark that set off an unprecedented explosion of destruction and death. The Great War did more than devastate a generation of Europeans. It set the tone -- the political, moral and intellectual temper -- for much that followed. Once the carnage (more than 8.5 million military deaths alone) had ended, the tectonic aftershocks began to reverberate around the world...
Jimmy looks out for Jon and tries to get him to keep his wild temper under control. Jon thinks he is invincible, but he is basically the kind of kind who won't go to court for a shoplifting hearing because he "[doesn't] feel like it." Jon feels no remorse for his actions, and while Jimmy has a conscience, he is too disaffected or disillusioned to resist the same daily appeal of small-time crime...
...There was some negative feedback," says Anderson. "But we had police in the schools and attending meetings to temper the mood," Anderson says...
Normal mortals tend to tire, and Knowles admitsthe job has taken its toll: "I have lost hairoften, temper rarely, sleep always...
Their conclusion is entirely in keeping with the remarkable -- and in its way quite daring -- temper of the rest of their movie, which is both antiheroic and antiepic, and thus a departure from the generally undistinguished tradition of the sports biopic. It may be a departure from the expectations of modern moviegoers too. For one thing, they prefer more . relevant subjects than old-time baseball heroes, however legendary. For another, they like their true stories to be slathered over with false sentiment -- the human spirit triumphant in unlikely but inspirational ways...