Word: vincent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chilling winds of New-foundland may howl outside the St. Vincent orphanage, the setting of director John N. Smith's compelling new film "The Boys of St. Vincent," but the territory inside the cloistered stone walls provides no safe haven either. The black-clad priests of St. Vincent slip like sinister, dark shadows through the looming corridors, creating a world of terror for the young boys entrusted to their churchly protection. The orphanage is a realm of the wicked, built not only upon layers of deceitful whispers and abuse of religious power, but also upon the sadistic sexual molestation...
...ability to penetrate various interior psychological experiences without exploiting this creepy material is what makes "The Boys of St. Vincent" such a strong film. Part I deals explicitly with the twisted events that take place within the walls of the orphanage between the staff and the children entrusted to their care. Though the horror of the situation is captured through the terrified eyes of the young boys, the film skillfully enters the interior life of the priests as well. Images of the boys showering and scrubbing their fresh young bodies are seen through the watchfully lascivious eyes of the voyeuristic...
...powerfully symbolic level, the film uses religious iconography to express the corruption at the core of the Church. The cross in Lavin's robe becomes a steely knife and the carved statues of a silent Christ embody the pain and suffering of the boy's world in St. Vincent...
...Somehow, Vincent Pan '95-'96 knows the name of every bundled-up child in Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA)'s Mission Hill after-school program, of which he is a co-director...
Kevin M. Davis '96, who has been co-chair since Vincent P. Fiorino '95 resigned his position as co-chair five weeks ago, removed himself from the ballot, even though he accepted a nomination at the previous week's meeting...