Word: tragically
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Other movies have also taken a humorous angle with the Holocaust, why use humor to portray such a tragic event? What about the inevitable comparisons to Life is Beautiful...
There will, of course, be inevitable comparisons to last year's enormously popular Italian comedy about the Holocaust, Life is Beautiful. Both movies provide a positive affirmation of life and humanity through a comic examination of tragic events. But Train of Life, which was actually written before anyone had ever heard of Life is Beautiful, has earned its many international awards and praises on its own merits. It is not, by any means, the same movie. Mihaileanu takes a more collective look at how people react to tragedy, and through this study in optimism, tries to give us a broader...
Indeed, the fact that proctors are not allowed to hold their student's secrets in confidence prompts some to raise serious question about whether students will turn to their proctors in cases when the wrong decision may lead to tragic and lasting consequences...
...from Kaczynski when he pleaded guilty. I could see his face as he answered each charge of murder with a crisp assent. Unseen by the gallery, he even laughed during a private exchange with an attorney as the charges were being read. I was chilled, not only by the tragic events that left anguished relatives, maimed victims and grieving widows in their wake but especially by the remorseless behavior of the man responsible. If those eyes weren't the eyes of "a sicko," then they belonged to a man twisted by evil. Though a journalist may view Kaczynski's piece...
...Julien kills a boy in the park, Julien befriends a blind ice-skater, Julien goes to church, etc.--but no particular story is told. Instead, the viewer is presented with a motley assemblage of images and fragments from Julien's daily life--some of them humorous, some of them tragic, all of them enigmatic. In the film, Korine wanted "to push the idea of reality and truth in film to the limit," even if this means redefining our notion of cinematic storytelling. From black albinos to Thalidomide victims to singers in a gospel church, these unusual and memorable images take...