Word: tragic
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...thing, this war is tragic but not inherently dramatic. The useful clichés of old war films--capturing a hill from the bad guys, getting an enemy uniform in gun sight, wooing a pretty maiden in a distant land--don't apply to a conflict on city streets, with the enemy in mufti and the local women off-limits. For another, the number of soldiers at risk in Iraq is, compared with past conflicts, relatively small--a niche market, if you will, like the audience that has paid to see Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah (with Tommy...
...most of us, the sinking of the Titanic is a tragic historical event. For Barbara West Dainton, one of the last two survivors, the 1912 disaster was intensely personal. Her father, who helped shuttle 10-month-old Barbara, along with her sister and mother, onto a lifeboat, was one of the 1,500 lost. Over the years, Dainton refused to discuss the events, and she insisted her funeral take place before her death was announced. She?...
...rquez’s writing makes this translation even more difficult. His prose is known for its detail, harmonious meter, and subtle humor—rarely do any of these attributes make it to the big screen. Undoubtedly, this becomes the film’s tragic flaw. The film would have been profoundly better in its native language, where direct quotes could have been used, and more of the novel’s delights retained. However, sprinkled throughout the film are moments where the author’s language is adequately conveyed in his signature writing style. These lines include...
When “Donnie Darko†first went into wide release, a tragic coincidence gave the film an enormous and unanticipated thematic significance. Writer/director Richard Kelly could never have predicted that his tale of a young man facing a deadly plane crash and an imminent apocalypse would hit screens a scant few weeks after the Twin Towers fell...
...England, returned to work on Nov. 1, albeit at a much reduced level. For now, he'll work only three half-days a week, and won't be seeing patients. Neither he nor his wife Kate, who's a general practitioner, have worked since their daughter went missing. That tragic event vaulted them, and the so far fruitless search for Madeleine, into a global media spotlight, especially after Portuguese police officially named them as suspects in September...