Word: tormentor
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...restoration of pride to a nation that had been humbled for too long by a puny tormentor was but one of the many reactions of Americans to Iran's final release of the 52 U.S. hostages last week. There was a sense of relief too. And scorn for Iran. But above all the initial dominant mood was one of continuing celebration, from the moment the first plane carrying the former captives cleared Iranian airspace to the climactic touchdown on U.S. soil of Freedom One just before 3 p.m. on truly Super Sunday at Stewart Airport, 50 miles north...
...Shot" closely resembles "Stilletto," the first song on side two and a tune which Joel energized triumphantly in concert. Once again this is angry Billy Joel taking the perplexing female of "She's Always a Woman" and surrounding her with a mood of sadomasochistic perversity to create a satisfied tormentor. "Stiletto" is a catchy song anchored at both ends by a simple Richie Cannatta sax line...
...that James Mason's manners are too good to convey the sick depths of Humboldt Humboldt's jealousy; but it's precisely this polish that lends Humboldt that extra edge of perversity. And then there is Peter Sellars, who is more wicked and twisted than ever as Humboldt's tormentor. Kubrick takes advantage of Sellars' game of character changes to build an elaborate cinematic labyrinth, and keeps us cleverly puzzled as we grope our way through. It's more accessible and less cerebral than Kubrick's recent work and still quite a fine film--as well as being...
...that wouldn't even pass muster in a remake of "The Adventures of Superman." And the dialogue, which seems borrowed from a 1952 State Department propaganda pamphlet, doesn't help--one hardly knows whether to laugh or cry at the following outburst from the American heroine to her Soviet tormentor: What's the matter, Ivan? Too used to muscle-bound, hod-carrying Russian women? Can't get used to the idea of a liberated gal from the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave laughing at your sorry tactics...
When the trial finally took place, it seemed as if the four surviving girls were charged rather than their tormentor. If masturbation was proved, Doudet's lawyer argued, then there was no need to invent mistreatment to explain the dreadful physical condition of the girls...