the unbelievable truth is a 1989 comedy-drama film written and directed by hal hartley , starring adrienne shelly ( in her first movie role ) and robert burke .

it tells the story of audry , who dumps her high-school boyfriend and becomes a successful fashion model , but all along is in love with a mysterious man called josh , released after conviction for manslaughter .

he after his experiences is uncomfortable with relationships , but learns that can not stay an observer of life and must fight to win her .

the film was nominated for a grand jury prize in 1990 at the sundance film festival .

the unbelievable truth ( film )

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the unbelievable truth proved a promising feature - film debut for writer - director hal hartley , who was dubbed
the godard of long island
by critics with more sense of humor than of substance . in the vein of jim jarmusch ' s stranger than paradise and the work of david lynch , the unbelievable truth searches for the unexpected , bizarre , and magical essence . . . read more
year it played sundance : 1990 , with a lineup that also included “ house party , ” “ longtime companion , ” “ cinema paradiso ” and “ the unbelievable truth ” ( featured above ) .
review : the unbelievable truth proved a promising feature - film debut for writer - director hal hartley , who was dubbed
the godard of long island
by critics with more sense of humor than of substance . in the vein of jim jarmusch ' s stranger than paradise and the wor… ( more )
i fought half that long , and twice as intensely , with harvey weinstein when he bought the unbelievable truth . he wanted more nudity . i stood my ground , and handed back his cheque . then he really freaked out . he told me he ' d bury my film , that no one would ever see it . but you know what ? i admire him . the studio on no such thing was uncaring and incompetent . but harvey really wanted the unbelievable truth to be a success . whether his ideas served it in the best way is debatable , but the love of film was there .
key features : typical of hartley , the 17 - minute piece “years later : the unbelievable truth and its consequences” is like a meta - featurette , built around interviews with hartley , the late shelly , burke , and future favorites martin donovan and thomas jay ryan .
nevertheless , the unbelievable truth was the beginning of something more lasting , both in terms of hartley’s career as a doggedly independent filmmaker , and in a quirky sensibility that others would co - opt , badly . though it was a rough draft for many strong films hartley would produce in the early - to - mid ’90s— trust , simple men , surviving desire , amateur , flirt , et al . — the unbelievable truth was still like nothing else at the time , an offbeat relationship study with dialogue pitched somewhere between jim jarmusch deadpan and the rhythms of a samuel beckett play .
and its japanese theatrical release , crown international pictures acquired the rights to distribute the film theatrically in the united states in 1962 . the american cut of the film , called
the unbelievable truth deconstructs a classic story of teenage rebellion , with burke cast as the dangerous james dean type , and shelly as the girl whose attraction to him arises from a general impulse to defy what’s expected of her . for his part , burke is amusingly honest about his crimes—he admits to killing a man after trying to apologize for killing the man’s daughter two years earlier—but like all the characters in the film , his first impression isn’t the same as the last . hartley explored similar themes of marginalization and , well , trust better in his 1991 follow - up , trust , but the unbelievable truth tapped into a mood of disaffection that was creeping through the culture . watching it 20 years later feels like time travel .
the unbelievable truth
is a movie for film buffs . those who wander in off the street are likely to be confused , since it seems to be so unsprung and without purpose . what hartley is doing , however , is writing a film essay on conventions and cliches and middle - american movie characters . he establishes them as completely ordinary , and then he lets them wander off into the byways of their destinies . what makes the film fun is the deadpan , tongue - in - cheek humor that undermines the seemingly sincere dramatic scenes .
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unbelievable truth take their name from the cult hal hartley film . ' the film is naturally askew , ' says drummer nigel powell , 26 . ' similarly , we ' re not desperately trying to be different , but have just ended up at a tangent . ' this is what makes their music so convincing . by combining satisfyingly complex lyrics with brooding guitar and rich strings , they convey grand , epic emotions with a delicacy that most british bands struggle to attain .
the american version of the film , varan , the unbelievable , is widely disliked and infamous among fans . it is often accused of ruining the entire film and copying the strategy used in godzilla , king of the monsters ! , but executing it much less effectively . all of the changes , from varan ' s roar to the added plotline about an american officer , are heavily criticized .
almost two decades ago , hal hartley came across shelly ' s picture by serendipity . he was casting his first film , the unbelievable truth , which had a budget of just $ 75 , 000 , and someone else in his office , who was trying to cast a music video , held up shelly ' s head shot . ' what about her ? ' he said , and the rest is movie history .
when hal hartley’s feature debut the unbelievable truth was released in 1990 , it proved a minor revelation . for a generation of college - aged young people raised on john hughes movies—generation x , basically—hartley immediately became the new arbiter of cool , with adrienne shelly as his alternate - universe molly ringwald , an eccentric object of desire whose motives were tantalizingly mysterious . given its impact at the time , it’s remarkable that the 20th - anniversary edition of the unbelievable truth is self - distributed , but then again , maybe hartley was just the filmmaker of the moment , and that moment has passed . if he were a rock band , he could expect an audience composed entirely of 40 - year - olds at the reunion show .
everybody lies . for richard ramsay , a lawyer defending an uncooperative murder suspect in the whole truth , this is the only truth . it drives the legal strategy he walks us through , in impassive voiceover narration , in what might have been a tantalizing whodunit about the less - than - gleaming gears of justice but is instead a curiously uninvolving exercise in procedure .
mr . hartley and his director of photography , michael spiller , have made a film that is visually and verbally much richer than its low budget . though ' ' the unbelievable truth ' ' ends with some incredible twists and revelations , it has all the offbeat appeal of its strange characters . ' ' you ' re in love with that homicidal auto mechanic ! ' ' audry ' s old boyfriend yells . she has obviously made the right choice .
his latest picture , fay grim , is a heartening reminder of everything that audiences treasured about the poised , crisp little roundelays that made his name - the unbelievable truth ( 1989 ) , trust ( 1990 ) and simple men ( 1992 ) . these films possess the muted zaniness of a gary larson cartoon , and the crackling banter that betrays hartley ' s love of preston sturges .
set in 1988 , the film seems behind the curve in its emphasis on the way wall street rules american culture . when josh returns home from prison , he enters a subway at wall street ; audry has a giant poster of a dollar bill over her bed ; the boyfriend she rejects at the start of the film wears a yuppie ' s signature yellow necktie . and she stops reading the newspapers and thinking about the apocalypse when she starts making big bucks as a fashion model . throughout ' ' the unbelievable truth , ' ' mr . hartley pushes this theme of crass commerce too hard .
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what the retellings share is an indifference to the truth , a puzzling eagernesses to exchange unbelievable facts for mundane and simplified melodramatic plot . for example , much of the text appears to be a streamlined version of a story about colonel sander’s plot to kidnap his daughter , found on a urltoken , and attributed to a los angeles times syndicated article — that oddly doesn’t appear in the paper’s online archive .
we can’t put rubio’s statement on the truth - o - meter . but here , we’ll lay out the case for and against his allegation against clinton and let readers come to their own conclusion .
she lies . very simple . she is not telling the truth ,
smith said during an interview with fox’s megyn kelly in 2015 , when kelly brought up the question of whether clinton mentioned the video .
the director has clashed with a film critic about his representation of the welfare state in i , daniel blake .
, and the company ' s last black - and - white kaiju film . it was released to
zachary tavlin , in “bodies , space , and theatre in the unbelievable truth ( and its american precursors ) ” makes a less convincing argument for how hartley’s first film , the unbelievable truth ( 1989 ) , owes as much to john cassavetes’ faces ( 1968 ) and robert altman’s california split ( 1974 ) as it does to the films of bresson and godard . whereas , jennifer o’meara contributes a very fresh take on hartley in “parker posey as hal hartley’s ‘captive actress . ’” o’meara follows the trajectory of hartley and actress posey’s collaborations from the 1993 short flirt to hartley’s most recent film , ned rifle ( 2014 ) , a total of nine films the two have made together . she locates the allure of posey in her voice , likening it to the face of anna karina in godard’s films . whereas godard fetishized karina’s face , hartley fetishizes posey’s voice ( 155 ) . o’meara is the only female critic in this collection and it makes me wish there were more – and / or a queer perspective . hartley’s films are so concerned with gender roles , sexuality , and performance ; it would have been great to read a more diverse group of viewpoints .
two beautiful , somber - faced people dressed entirely in black , audry and josh are a perfect match , the weirdest but most sensible characters in hal hartley ' s droll , lucid black comedy , ' ' the unbelievable truth . ' ' this is the kind of small - scale independent movie with a familiar story behind it . the film was written , directed , edited and co - produced by mr . hartley , whose relatives took out bank loans and let him use their suburban houses on long island as sets during the 11 1 / 2 days it took to shoot most of the movie .
a dryly humanistic and funny feature debut by hal hartley . the first film i ' ve seen by him , i must watch more . adrienne shelly was lovely in it rip . a sweet and wonderful film .
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( blake’s friend katie is sanctioned in the film ) , making them feel as if they are working to targets .
in hal hartley ' s first feature film , the unbelievable truth , josh ( robert john burke ) , a criminal who has just been released from prison , returns home to lindenhurst , long island . there he ' s hired as a mechanic by vic hugo ( christopher cooke ) , the owner of a local garage . through a mutual interest in george washington , josh falls in love with vic ' s daughter , audry ( adrienne shelly ) . however , their romance proves to be difficult due to audry ' s possessive ex - boyfriend and the mystery surrounding josh ' s past .
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long also describes the film – which is an unforgiving drama about the cruelty of welfare bureaucracy – as “misery porn for smug londoners” .
the frequently unclothed lockhart , who’s better known as gay porn star brent corrigan , well fulfills the physical aspects of his role - - this is a film in which the underwear designer rightly gets a credit - - and moretti is disarmingly appealing as the hapless lover . but for all their strenuous efforts , the performers are not able to infuse truth with a single moment that feels remotely truthful .
and a year from now , where would the band like to be ? ' hopefully , success will happen , but not too quickly - i think it would be pretty destructive , ' says yorke . unbelievable truth are a refreshing antithesis to britpop . they don ' t want overnight success , they don ' t live in london , they ' re not into drink and drugs , and they are painfully shy . but , best of all , they are definitely not the next oasis .
nominations , including best picture , best actress and best director . the film grossed an impressive $ 21 million as well .
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what is the purpose of all of this ? to intrigue us with the oddness of ordinary life , i think . a movie like
the unbelievable truth
is second cousin to those melodramas douglas sirk made at universal in the 1950s (
magnificent obsession ,
there ' s always tomorrow ,
written on the wind
) , in which people who looked and spoke and dressed as pillars of the middle class - and who thought of themselves as completely typical - got involved in unspeakably complicated love triangles and shady business deals and crimes of weakness .
' seeing waitress at sundance was a really emotional experience , ' says nancy utley , chief operating officer of fox searchlight , which entered a bidding war to distribute the film . ' the typical format for the festival is that the director is introduced to say a few words before the film begins . it was painful from the beginning to see that there was no director to introduce the film , since adrienne had passed away . so the producer and adrienne ' s husband andy talked about how it had been adrienne ' s dream to have a film at sundance . it was very poignant . '
” on the back of its success . that film’s journey to the screen , however , would not be as straightforward , to put it mildly .
imagine if you were a fledgling pop star how tiresome it would be if you were constantly asked about your more famous brother . but andy yorke , 26 , younger brother of thom yorke , doesn ' t worry about being compared : ' unbelievable truth are sufficiently different from radiohead , ' says yorke . ' there ' s no way i ' d try and compete as thom ' s a genius . ' so , perhaps surprisingly , the prospect of living in the shadow of thom ' s fame has not deterred andy from starting his own band .
when modern navy scientists defy the unknown mysteries of the past , perpetuated by centuries of native belief , then nature strikes in all its vengeance in varan , the unbelievable ! for generations , the legend was passed on . they said varan was there , deep in the still waters . they said ,
let varan sleep !
, but the navy commander would not heed their warning . he moved forward , ever searching , ever going deeper and deeper , until it was too late ! varan rose from the depths slowly , unrelentingly , to wreak its vengeance on the civilization that wanted to know too much . tumultuous ! terrifying ! so awesome it will shock you to the core ! varan , the unbelievable !
how was it received at the time ? the film received no awards at sundance , though it eventually popped up at a number of festivals , earning a $ 3 million distribution deal from warner bros . pauline kael was a famous detractor , calling it “a piece of gonzo demagoguery . ” roger ebert existed on the other end of the spectrum , enthusiastically defending the film from attacks by discussing how moore’s use of a flexible timeline was more about the nature of storytelling on film .
a critic is free to tear into a film they didn’t enjoy . but the problem with long’s review is the problem with the way britain in general looks at the benefits system : disbelief .
hartley came to specialise in a genre all his own : it had the absurdist hallmarks of godard , the barren , stifling precision of bresson , yet it was invariably set in suburban long island , where hartley grew up . by coincidence , shelly grew up there too , and she became his anna karina - a doll - like fatalist on whom male characters could project their apocalyptic fantasies . the year after the unbelievable truth was released , hartley wrote trust , his best film , with shelly in mind . his directions were so minimalistic ( ' less , less , less : i don ' t want to see anything on your face at all ' ) , she later said that she sometimes wanted to kill him . but she absorbed his auteurism wholeheartedly .
in 1945 , overseen by alfred hitchcock , a crack team of british film - makers went to germany to document the horror of the concentration camps . despite being hailed as a masterpiece , the film was never shown . now , in a documentary called night will fall , the full story of its creation and suppression is being told
varan is often considered by many kaiju fans to be one of toho ' s weakest films . one common criticism from fans stems from the film ' s story , claiming that it ' s a generic monster movie story , while other toho kaiju and science - fiction films involved more complex and interesting stories . the film is still popular for introducing the monster varan , who has only appeared in a cameo appearance and several non - film media since .
hartley was a beneficiary of that initial enthusiasm . his debut , the unbelievable truth , launched him as one of us cinema ' s most intelligent film - makers . he claims not to have paid much attention to what everyone was saying about him .
never underestimate the weirdness of being young and having people writing about you everywhere , whether they ' re saying you ' re a smart guy or an asshole . and i had plenty of both .
by the time flirt vanished without a trace , hartley had lost his position in the independent scene , a situation unaltered even by the compelling henry fool , which won the best screenplay prize at cannes . it has been an effort simply tracking down his subsequent films , such as his monster movie no such thing , which was recut by its producer , francis coppola .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
– which called the film a “povvo safari for middle - class do - gooders” – has led to loach and some audience members rowing with long online .
bernstein’s film never got the chance to be as revered as later holocaust documentaries , including lanzmann’s shoah , resnais’s night and fog , and ophüls’ the sorrow and the pity . as singer explains , an incomplete version was shown at the berlin film festival in 1984 and on pbs in the us in 1985 under the title memory of the camps . only recently did a team from the imperial war museum complete and digitise the picture .
singer tracked down and interviewed survivors who appeared in the original footage . among them was anita lasker - wallfisch , now 89 , who recalled the day british troops arrived at belsen - bergen . “it was an unbelievable moment . suddenly , you hear english spoken . ‘you should remain calm . don’t leave the camp . help is one the way . ’ that sort of thing . ”
but it was around this time that most hartley fans lost interest . his four - feature hot streak , from the unbelievable truth to amateur ( 1994 ) , came to an end . hartley wonders if his commercial falling - off was down to the independent scene being cramped by the same market forces that drive the studios .
early on , there was interest in the films , and a gratitude for some alternative to the dominant product ,
he reflects .
the distributors got desperate . they realised that any one of these little films could be a hit like jim jarmusch ' s stranger than paradise . they ended up buying lots of things that didn ' t do so well , and the hunger for a hit became overwhelming .
education appeared in a professional production of annie while still at high school . studied film production at boston university but dropped out after a year .
what’s it about : a ship fire and a mass murder leave behind one witness , fast - talking career criminal verbal kint ( kevin spacey ) , who knows the truth about the discovered corpses and is gradually coerced into sharing the story of his accomplices ( including gabriel byrne , benicio del toro , kevin pollack and stephen baldwin ) with the dogged detective ( chazz palminteri ) on the case .
eventually , things take a violent turn , with caleb handcuffing jeremy to the bed and brutalizing him after learning about a hidden part of his life that spurs the film towards its surprise ending .
the film cost $ 1 . 2 million to make and made $ 11 million back in theatrical release , so it yielded a decent return on investment . but it made a deeper impression in the
we included a couple of documentaries , but could also have gone for the excellent “ crumb , ” “ capturing the friedmans , ” oscar winners “ an inconvenient truth ” and “ the cove , ” or the seminal “ the times of harvey milk . ” money - spinners that we thought about adding in included “ four weddings and a funeral ” and “ saw , ” though they feel a bit like outliers in the sundance canon .
as gay - themed cinema goes , truth definitely veers towards the exploitative side . this psychological thriller presents a portrait of a relationship gone very , very wrong . but its hitchcockian aspirations are sabotaged by a tendency towards lurid melodrama that is more laughable than chilling . cult status at midnight screenings possibly looms if audiences can be persuaded to repeat chunks of the inane dialogue .
and even as it has showcased these talents , sundance has been symbiotically affected by many of them too , basking in the halo effect of its association with some of the most respected film professionals working today , even as the image of the ideal “sundance film” has changed over the years . so what we have here is not a list of the biggest films the festival has ever produced , nor even the best , but simply an eclectic selection of 25 films that we judge to be quintessentially “sundance , ” in that their fortunes were materially altered by their exposure at the festival , and they , in their turn , further defined our idea of what the sundance film festival is all about .
new york indie star adrienne shelly had everything to live for : her husband , young daughter , and a brilliant movie she ' d just directed and starred in . why , then , would she hang herself in her shower ? in fact , she was murdered . as the film , waitress , is released , we report on her tragic death - and the remarkable success of the film she left behind
clinton , for her part , flatly denies saying anything about the film in her one - on - one with the families . on dec . 30 , 2015 , new hampshire’s conway daily sun asked her about the allegation that she lied to the families .
hal hartley ' s
the unbelievable truth
is another example of that strange mixture of melodrama and irony that david lynch has popularized with
twin peaks .
the approach involves inventing a real world of ordinary people , and then filling it with bizarre and mysterious events . something is being made fun of - but is it the reality , or the fantasy ? the movie takes place in a small town on long island where a young woman named audry ( adrienne shelly ) restlessly confronts the end of her adolescence . her boyfriend is so earnest and sincere it ' s hard to believe he believes himself . her father , who runs the local auto repair shop , loves her but has strong opinions about what is right and wrong for her . he is not pleased when audry gets a crush on an older man - a stranger , new in town , who has just hired on at the garage .
how was it received at the time ? “pi” was a surprising $ 1 million purchase by artisan . most critics were impressed but guarded , and certainly circumspect when it came to the film’s box office potential : owen gleiberman claimed it looked “like the ultimate college masterpiece , ” while richard corliss preferred to discuss director aronofsky himself , claiming he was a “genuine experimenter . ” ultimately the film pulled in a little more than $ 3 million at the worldwide box office .
is it worth the hype ? an unreserved yes . marsh stated he was attracted to the film because he viewed it as a heist movie , and that element of thrillerish excitement is certainly there . however the film is also a terrifically moving look at friendship and the toll that one man’s tunnel - visioned drive and talent can take on his relationships , as well as a portrait of a truly extraordinary , but not always likeable , man .
how was it received at the time ? “blood simple” was the deserved grand prize winner at sundance , and the film earned the coens worldwide attention , grossing a little under $ 4 million—at the time strong numbers for an independent release . in his four - star review , roger ebert praised its economy , saying it is a film in which “everything that happens seems necessary . ” how big did it get ? though not as oft - quoted or deeply beloved as some of the coens’ other films , “blood simple” is considered a touchstone of eighties independent cinema . it was also the debut of cinematographer barry sonnenfeld , who went on to essay the “ men in black ” films . the young lady in the lead is frances mcdormand in her first role : she later won an oscar for a coen brothers film , “ fargo . ” in the late nineties , the coens supervised a “director’s cut” that shortened the film by three minutes , allowing the picture’s reputation to grow . it’s also , as far as we know , the sole coens film to spawn a chinese - language remake ( albeit a loose one ) : acclaimed filmmaker zhang yimou later tackled the material in his sumptuous comedy , “ a woman , a gun and a noodle shop . ”
part of the reasoning for that memo , singer argues , is that the british thought the germans needed to be nurtured as allies against the growing power of the soviet union . but were such compunctions realistic ? would showing the film to postwar germany have been a propaganda reverse for the british , serving to alienate the germans and tip the emerging cold war in the soviets’ favour ? singer doubts it .
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bertie himself is also romanticized . he is seen presciently raising the question of german aggression before the invasion of the sudetenland . edward waves off bertie’s warning , and , the next time we are instructed to focus on political questions , the king is heroically rallying his people to the battle against fascism . the film leaves out what happened in the intervening period .
in a critically and commercially disappointing year for the film industry , one of the few highlights has been the reception given to the king’s speech . the movie has been nominated for just about every existing award , and a bevy of oscar nominations are forthcoming . the period drama is also on its way to financial success .
into the gap left in 1945 by the suppression of bernstein’s film came another documentary , made by the great hollywood director and exiled austrian jew billy wilder . but wilder’s death mills was a hectoring piece of propaganda , keen to indict germans , while bernstein and crossman had attempted to make their film a warning to all of humanity . “bernstein’s was a work of art by comparison , ” says singer , “mainly because of crossman’s lyrical script . ”
many years later , steven spielberg chose lustig , by then a film - maker , to be a producer for schindler’s list . lustig has a theory about why british authorities suppressed bernstein’s film . “at this time , the brits had enough problems with the jews . ” by that , no doubt , he means that britain was dealing with zionists agitating for a jewish homeland in the british mandate of palestine – and seeing the full extent of jewish suffering would only inflame them .
in this lyrically offbeat fable , hartley , the most godardian of american indies , takes the audience to familiar - looking yet utterly strange places , like working class long island , where his bizarrely charming romance takes place ; still his best film .
the film ' s other unfortunate excess is christopher cooke ' s overacting as audry ' s father . he seems to yell and take a bite out of every line he has . but these flaws stand out because the rest of the film is so deft . mark bailey , as another of vic ' s mechanics , creates a perfectly affable clod . ' ' so , why ' dja kill pearl ' s father ? ' ' he asks josh one day while sitting around the garage .
, crown added newly - filmed footage of a western actor , myron healy , and made the plot focus on him . the film ' s story was changed drastically , revolving around an american military officer overseeing a chemical test in a lake on an island . varan is never referred to by name in the film , only called
obaki ,
and his roar is completely changed . the scene of varan gliding from the cliff is removed , and close - up shots of varan ' s claws are added .
how was it received at the time ? while some critics found the air of stillman ’s milieu just too rarefied , most received the film warmly , especially its fearless wordiness , with roger ebert identifying it as “dialogue…in which the characters discuss ideas and feelings instead of simply marching through plot points as most hollywood characters do” and “a film about people covering their own insecurities with a facade of social ease . ” how big did it get ? stillman’s debut followed what has now become a fairly well - trodden path for sundance breakouts : despite not picking up a distribution deal there immediately , the film rode its crest of sundance buzz to an academy award nomination ( for screenplay ) and an independent spirit award for best first feature , before new line picked it up the day before the director left for a triumphant run during cannes ‘ directors’ fortnight . in the years since , the film’s stature has only grown as it launched stillman’s uniquely ironic but warm , f . scott fitzgerald - style take on the foibles and flaws of the indolent , overeducated upper - classes .
in one piece of film , from majdanek concentration camp , we see huge bags containing human hair . collected from the murdered , it would have been carefully sorted and weighed . “nothing was wasted , ” says the narrator . “even teeth were taken out of their mouth . ” bernstein’s film then cuts to a large pile of spectacles . “if one man in 10 wears spectacles , ” we are asked , “how many does this heap represent ? ”
the situation for disabled , sick or broke people claiming welfare is unbelievable in this country , which is perhaps why it’s so difficult for us – or for some watching loach’s portrayal of the cruel system – to believe it at all . at best , it’s because we would prefer to close our eyes to a system that we hope we never have to grapple with . at worst , it’s because we don’t believe people when they say they cannot work , and demonise them as “shirkers” or “scroungers” .
while most of ad - pt was closed down , the network abc was still active . in 1958 , they had been collaborating with toho on a tv movie called varan , monster from the east . varan was originally planned to air on american television , but this fell through . toho set up a japanese theatrical release date , added new scenes , deleted old scenes , and cropped the video to be released in theaters . it was later released in the united states in 1962 under the title varan , the unbelievable . varan was a black - and - white film , since it was meant for tv , while toho had been making color kaiju films ever since rodan in 1956 . 47 years later in 2005 , toho and tokyo shock released varan on dvd in japan and the united states , including the unreleased television version in both releases .
what it’s about : derek cianfrance ’s heartbreaking film examines , through temporally juxtaposed editing , the relationship between cindy ( michelle williams ) and dean ( ryan gosling ) from their first encounter , through the blush of love , marriage and parenthood , right up to the relationship’s dissolution .
is it worth the hype ? if ever a film risked being overshadowed by the hype , it’s this one . it’s a sweet , slight , charming but fairly insubstantial romance with some lovely music , but to hear some of the initial reactions , you’d think it was curing cancer . with a few years’ gap—even given the stage version—it probably holds up a bit better : hansard and irglova are immensely appealing leads , and there’s a swooning and tragic romanticism to the film that leaves a lump in the throat , even if it risks being pat in places .
how was it received at the time ? after a very positive response at sundance and reviews that saw “ scrubs ” star braff repeatedly referred to as a “triple threat , ” the film landed a joint distribution deal between heavy hitters fox searchlight and miramax .
no matter . the film , which some have called a forgotten masterpiece of british documentary , was shelved for 70 years . bernstein died in 1993 and , according to singer , one of his regrets was not completing his holocaust documentary .
most people would point to the sixth sense as m . night shyamalan ' s cleverest plot twist , but for my money that prize goes to the man ' s masterpiece , unbreakable , and a wildly inventive finale that i simply didn ' t see coming . bruce willis stars as a man who slowly begins to realize he has superhuman powers . he befriends a comic - book expert with a strange disease ( his bones are very brittle ) , and eventually has to accept the truth . it certainly does seem that he ' s a superhero who cannot be injured - - and that ' s when he learns the truth about his new friend :
mr . glass
( samuel l . jackson ) is actually an evil terrorist , as well as our reluctant hero ' s newfound arch - nemesis . i can still remember that supremely satisfying little
click
that occurred inside my brain when this twist showed up and i finally saw the puzzle mr . shyamalan had constructed .
how was it received at the time ? against perhaps not the most competitive lineup sundance has ever seen , “man on wire” really ruled the roost , picking up both the audience award and the grand jury prize for documentary , the first time a non - u . s . film managed that double . magnolia picked it up for u . s . release .
singer says he’s already had flak for including lustig’s theory . “why the film was scuppered is not very well documented , ” he says . “but branko may well have a point . ” singer points out that in 1945 , the incoming labour government’s foreign secretary , ernest bevin , was anti - zionist and unsympathetic to the foundation of a jewish state . but he concedes there is no strong proof . “the only documentary evidence we have is a memo from the foreign office saying that screening such an ‘atrocity film’ would not be a good idea . ”
footage from his unfinished film , however , proved key to the prosecution of camp commandants at the nuremberg and lüneburg trials in 1945 . anita lasker - wallfisch recalls testifying at lüneburg against , among others , bergen - belsen commandant josef kramer , known as “the beast of belsen” . her evidence was supported by film that contradicted the accused’s defence . “kramer had said he didn’t have the food to feed his prisoners and that was why they were in such a state . the footage destroyed that , ” says singer . kramer and other officers from bergen - belsen were hanged that year .
the opening of lucy shows scenes of cell division and prehistoric wildlife intercut with the eponymous heroine being forced into ferrying drugs . initially , it seems a little out of place , but more than an hour later besson ties it all things together .
i wanted to de - structure the storytelling , because i wanted the people to be ready at the end to believe something unbelievable ,
besson says .
if i was too straightforward , without cheetahs , without cells , without anything , it would be like a thriller and then the end would be weird . so i needed to prep the audience from the beginning , like ' you have to be ready for everything . '
further intrigued , a larger expedition is then dispatched to the area . this time the investigation is funded by the film company
20th century mysteries solved
, an organization that seeks to uncover the truth behind the two deaths to report on it . staff of the firm yuriko shinjo and horiguchi lead the expedition along with kenji uozaki , a member of the scientific community . the expedition travels further inland and stumbles upon a village doing a ritualistic prayer to their mountain god . the priest of the village warns the travelers that their presence will make the monster angry . the warnings fall of deaf ears , though , and the problem escalates when ken , a young local boy , runs out of the village after his dog . the villagers are warned not pursue , as the priest explains that such action would anger the mountain god . kenji challenges the priest ' s warning , asking if their beliefs are worth endangering the life of a child . the three members of the expedition then decide to take matters into their own hands and rescue the boy . the trio is separated , however , in the thick fog . kenji and horiguchi return to the village to rally the locals to help them , telling them their beliefs are little more than superstition . the villagers , minus the priest , agree , and head toward the lake to rescue ken . once there , ken , along with yuriko , are discovered . their reunion is cut short , though , by the monster varan rising from the kitami river . the villagers flee back to their homes , but varan gives chase . the aquatic monster enters the village , killing the priest who was guarding the entrance . the beast then proceeds to tear apart the huts inside . after the destruction , the monster retreats to his underwater lair .
how big did it get ? the film brought in nearly $ 3 million domestically , which is hardly astounding , but it did go on to have a very successful dvd release . more important , though , was the film’s critical domination of that year’s conversation—it was all over most critics’ year - end lists and went on to scoop the academy award for best documentary and the equivalent at the independent spirit awards , along with the bafta for best british film . and though we set little store by rt ordinarily , it is remarkable that its rotten tomatoes review score is holding at an unheard - of 100 % to this day . it also launched the more prolific period of james marsh’s career , allowing him to work more continually across narrative ( “ red riding , ” “ shadow dancer ” ) and documentary ( “ project nim ” ) ever since .
the film tells the story of king george vi ( colin firth ) and his battle with a speech impediment . bertie , as he was known , seeks the help of a speech therapist ( played by geoffrey rush ) , and the two spend most of the film—differences in social status be damned—bonding . by the time the credits roll , bertie has conquered his stammer , and the british people are well on their way to vanquishing fascism—the latter , naturally , having been aided by the former , thanks to an inspiring royal address from buckingham palace after the german invasion of poland . this heartwarming tale plays out predictably and unsubtly— the king’s speech is one of those films that is not content to show us a friendship developing over two hours ; no , the characters must also tell us how much the friendship means to them .
there are a few more true tidbits in the film for science buffs , though . like , for example , the fact that lucy is named after the skeleton of the australopithecus afarensis found in 1974 that is our most famous early human ancestor . wired got on the phone with besson to ask him about neuroscience and some of lucy ' s other secrets .
so begins a british film about the holocaust that was abandoned and shelved for 70 years because it was deemed too politically sensitive . the smell came from the dead , their bodies burned or rotting ; or from malnourished , often disease - ridden prisoners in the concentration camp of bergen - belsen , near all those thriving german farms .
charles woods , father of cia operative tyrone woods , told talk show host glenn beck on oct . 25 , 2012 , that clinton said to him ,
we will make sure that the person who made that film is arrested and prosecuted .
bernstein assembled a remarkable team , including the future labour cabinet minister richard crossman , who wrote the film’s lyrical script , and alfred hitchcock , who flew in from hollywood to advise bernstein on its structure . they set to work on a documentary entitled german concentration camps factual survey . as they worked , reels of film kept arriving , sent by british , american and soviet combat and newsreel cameramen from 11 camps , including auschwitz , buchenwald , dachau and bergen - belsen . as well as the dead , the footage showed starved survivors and human remains in ovens .
like stephen frears’s film from 2006 , the queen —which won helen mirren an oscar for her eponymous performance— the king’s speech is a testament to americans’ continuing fascination with the british royal family . but , unlike the queen , which was merely simplistic in its portrayal of the monarchy , the king’s speech is historically inaccurate , entirely misleading , and , in its own small way , morally dubious .
clever indy film - making at it ' s best ! ! ! this film jump started a genre . hal hartley ' s masterpiece brims with clever dialogue and funny performances . adrianne shelley is a standout as audrey who is convinced that the world is soon to blow up . chris cooke should be getting a lot more work after his winning performance as vic hugo . he ' s a delight to watch as his daughter audrey bargains with him on about going to college . and robert burke is great as the quiet josh , the returning man with a past . you catch something new every time with this film . . . like the funny way everyone fights in the movie ( elaborate pushing matches ) . an original film and thoroughly enjoyable . great soundtrack too . . . under hal hartley ' s alias of ned rifle . highly recommended . . . and definitely more than worth than 50¢ at your video rental and won ' t put you to sleep if you like original , clever , landmark indy films like this one is .
is it worth the hype ? the cautionary tale of “wunderkind” richard kelly ’s subsequent career aside , the film itself remains a fantastic mindfuck , a wonderfully enigmatic eerie - toned puzzle box featuring a role for gyllenhaal that more or less defined his twitchy , soulful intelligence . just avoid the director’s cut where possible and stick with the tighter and more confident theatrical version .
it takes a lot of guts to put the nature of your huge plot twist in the title of your film , but that ' s precisely what david fincher did for his third feature . at the beginning of the dark misadventure that anchors the film , nicholas van orton ( michael douglas ) runs afoul of an elaborate role - playing
game
scam , finds himself running for his life , accidentally kills his brother , and tries to commit suicide - - only to discover that , yes , after all that , it was still just a game . just like it says in the title . kudos to the amusingly wacky screenplay for telling us the twist at the outset and then twisting and turning all over the place .
not only is this a brilliant piece of old - school haunted - house filmmaking , but alejandro amenabar ' s work boasts a highly satisfying twist ending that feels like a natural progression of the plot - - not merely a surprising diversion . nicole kidman plays the exceedingly protective mother of two small children who seem to have a biological aversion to sunlight . after a while it becomes evident that the family ' s wonderfully spooky mansion has been beset by unhappy spirits of some sort - - but once our heroine delves into the mystery , she learns that horrible truth : she and her children are the spirits !
how big did it get ? the film’s international release the following year saw it recoup its budget , but it was really on dvd that it made its money ( $ 10 million , reportedly ) . meanwhile its status as a cult film was growing , seeing it play extended midnight screening runs and gain in reputation to the point that kelly got to release a director’s cut in 2004 , which no longer had the studio - mandated 2 - hour restriction . as a cultural artifact , the film also had a major impact , launching kelly to prodigy status ( he was only 26 years old when he wrote and directed “donnie darko” ) , making a breakout leftfield star of jake gyllenhaal , and even seeing the world lose its shit for michael andrews ’ cover of tears for fears ’ “ mad world ” which became the spookily iconic centerpiece of its popular 80s - inflected soundtrack .


i , the worst of all ( spanish : yo , la peor de todas ) is an argentinian film directed by maría luisa bemberg .

the film was released in 1990 and is a biopic on the life of juana inés de la cruz .

it was based on octavio paz 's sor juana : or , the traps of faith .

the film premiered at the 47th venice international film festival where it received the ocic award - honorable mention .

the film was selected as the argentine entry for the best foreign language film at the 63rd academy awards , but was not accepted as a nominee .

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i forgot my backpack , was late for class , and worst of all , i discovered i ' d studied the wrong material for the test .
definition and synonyms of worst of all from the online english dictionary from macmillan education .
i worked a wedding where i basically had to play a game of telephone all day long .
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i work as a hotel manager and we see bridezillas all the time .
she had no office of her own and , worst of all , she didn’t even have her own computer .
, žižek insists that liberal capitalism is the worst of all possible worlds because it closes up all the gaps through which its inconsistencies could be made visible . the premise of
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i , the worst of all offers an illuminating and soulful portrait of latin america ' s first great poet , who happened to be a brilliant nun in seventeenth - century mexico .
“i got way too big off views / back to the basics , i won’t lose . ”
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i didn ' t notice the lesbian comment on the front cover of this movie until after i started watching it .
juana confesses publicly that
my crimes deserve everlasting hell
and signs in her own blood a document declaring her sins . below her name she writes
i , the worst of all .
i may be late to the party but here goes . i ' m not a wedding planner , but i do work in the industry and my friend is the wedding planner i ' m telling this story about .
what made you want to look up worst of all ? please tell us where you read or heard it ( including the quote , if possible ) .
i didn ' t attend , but i worked at one that was a disaster . it was many years ago when i was a barman in an irish hotel .
honestly , for me , figuring out what to wear is the worst part . i ' m not in the habit of getting dressed up often , so when i have to get dressed up for a wedding i always worry about what style of dress to wear , if i will be over or underdressed , or how to fit in to a specific dress code .
—sg
after all , they paid for the wedding , and the band , and the flowers , and they didn ' t want all of that to
go to waste
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this paper’s purpose is to explain the movie , i , the worst of all , and then later to analyze how a nun in mexico in the seventeenth century was seized with the idea of feminism at a time when a woman’s biggest achievement was to get married and have a family .
after i was done with the getting - ready portraits , i found the groom outside on a balcony just smoking a cig and staring into the sun with the longest sigh i ' ve ever heard in my life .
) . all this thanks to the guiding beneficence of the party . and when all else fails in these films , neo - tsarist potentates with fat mustaches are wheeled on for the bugaboo fun .
i commend all those that are supporting child refugees through aid , food banks , etc . and i look forward to better news from spain when the wrongs of 80 years ago , and the missed opportunities of the transition from dictatorship to democracy , can be corrected . simon martinez sheffield
i work on a mobile bar that travels to different weddings in our region of the country .
the life of sor juana ines de la cruz was portrayed in the 1990 film yo , la peor de todas ( i , the worst of all ) directed by maria luis bemberg , . spanish actress assumpta serna played the role of sor juana . the movie was based on the book of nobel prize winner octavio paz , sor juana or , the traps of faith . however , this movie did not receive any awards .
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my mom told her her dress will be a size 8 based on her measurements ; sandra threw a fit .
that ' s impossible ! all of my other dresses are size 4 ! i have been a size 4 since i was 14 . i am not an 8 ! order me a 4 !
shortly after this , she dies of the plague , one of the greatest poets of the golden age of spain .
i think cheesy bridal party entrances have got to go . when i first saw them i thought it was fun and unique and got the party started , but now that i ' ve seen them at nearly every wedding , i think they should become a thing of the past . there ' s only so many ways one can think of to make an entrance , and it ' s not about their entrance either .
—ph
3 .
i found the groom outside on a balcony just smoking a cig and staring into the sun with the longest sigh i ' ve ever heard in my life .
have a ridiculously expensive wedding at a resort and expect all guests to front the cost .
a norway - style transitional deal that keeps the uk in the european economic area would be the “worst of possible worlds” , the brexit secretary , david davis , has said .
on our last year ' s trip to hamilton , we booked the basic category room here and we were shocked to see the terrible situation of this motel . by far the worst i have stayed in . i guess now either the management has changed or it has been shut down but just wanted to share my past experience .
exciting and unpredictable . i ' m not sure if we ended up in a safe harbor this year or smashed to smithereens . but i am sure that
she and i didn ' t speak for a while . she ended up telling me the relationship wouldn ' t have worked anyway . she ' s happy now , recently married . edit : when i said we are
repairing our friendship
i mean we have spoken once in 3 . 5 years . i figured since she ' s married now i would say congratulations . i did , and she said thank you and a few other pleasantries . nothing more than that .
on the opening scroll of the dvd , these words by sister juana ines de la cruz give a sense of her exquisite poetry : i am not who you think i am . but you have given me another being with your pens another breathe through your lips and unlike my own self i wander among your poems not as i really am but as you want me to be .
21 . although many brides can ' t wait to get out of their uncomfortable dresses , the idea of an unscheduled undressing is definitely many women ' s worst nightmare .
in spain , the virreina publishes the first volume of the works of juana .
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not a plot line , just something i feel strongly about . while their kids are off hunting psychos in stylish red coats , i assume the parents of rosewood’ s finest dumbest are just like :
i am seriously looking forward to some family reunion time where i can accidentally have them both go out on my fishing boat and just let nature take its course .
( how i imagine alison responds to one of her students asking for an extension on an assignment . )
over the past 30 years we’ve been privy to some of the best ( and worst ) wedding trends of all time . style icons of the 80s and 90s inspired brides to commit a variety of high volume fashion crimes , while social media is likely to blame for the proliferation of strange , often distasteful , wedding photography . some of inappropriate wedding trends have been around so long we seem to have grown immune to them ; others , like bridalplasty , are relatively modern horrors . thankfully , these days are behind us ( we hope ) . in celebration of our 30th anniversary , we pay homage to the worst wedding trends of all time , from the cheesy to the downright terrifying . enjoy !
once the women were clear of the floor the men started laying into one another . i saw a bottle fly past and we pulled the shutter down over the bar .
which brings me to this big reveal . i honestly just feel like the writer’s room was in a panic when they came up with this twist . that or they made a bet about how much bullshit pll viewers would be willing to swallow . which is apparently a lot since i’m here writing this article today . sighs . i just felt like charlotte’s whole reasoning for years of unrelenting blackmail and torture was a bit weak . like , the entire premise behind the show was this : “i love ali and you guys were a little mean to her one time so now you all must pay . ” which is actually how i handle all of my best friends’ breakups but that’s neither here nor there .
bride : ' well . . . . i ' m in love with you . you just get me ! i ' ve never met anyone else like you ! '
he said : “the government needs support and it will have it from me . but equally , i have to say , that unless this bill is substantially improved in the course of the committee stage , i regret to have to say i will be in no position to support it at third reading in its current form . ”
the worst was when a bride was so upset that she couldn ' t fit all of her bridesmaids on one shuttle back from the reception ( they took two vans on a 10 minute trip back to the hotel and it only seats 12 ) that she tried to physically assault the driver .
i wish that this summary translation were mere flippancy but it is depressingly precise . the grim prospect of “non - eventful survival in a hedonist - utilitarian universe” licenses žižek to prefer even the most catastrophic political experiment to our current set - up . as he writes : “better the worst of stalinism than the best of the liberal - capitalist welfare state . ”
we have just returned from a fantastic holiday at eden roc . it is the first foreign holiday we have had for several years , after having several bad expereinces we had been holidaying in the uk but we fancied a holiday in the sun for a change ! it was also only the second all inclusive holiday we ' ve been on . the first all inclusive holiday was a disaster , so we were very happy to find that the quality of the food and drinks in the all inclusive package at eden roc was exceptionally high . the staff were all very friendly and helpful , from the manager all the way down to the cleaners . i cannot rate this hotel highly enough , thank you very much for an enjoyable holiday . 10 / 10
as they left the dance floor , i had someone rush wet naps to the groom and to bring me the bride . the support tent was closed down for me , and i pulled a tub of clean water from the caterers . she walked in to find me in dish gloves and a poncho , like american psycho , the five minutes , i was sponging down a sobbing , naked bride , while i questioned every life decision that lead to this point .
also should mention that when i came onsite for the wedding , i was able to locate the bride by the sound of her screaming at her hair / makeup artists . by the time i came into the bridal suite , she had switched to screaming at her bridesmaids for looking prettier than her and made them change their hairstyles to
look uglier .
i have extensive experience as an events coordinator , including private events such as weddings .
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“in many ways it’s the worst of possible worlds . we did consider it , maybe as an interim measure . but it would be more complicated and less beneficial . ”
15 . not all objections result in the objector and the objectee staying friends , as saphiresgirl found out when she did the right thing .
know our story will never be believed . but like all castaways we are impelled to tell it .
this essentially brings the reception to an end as now all the guests have to wait an extra 2 - 3 hours to get dinner , pushing back the speeches to the end of the night . the evening guests waited in the bar all night , then went home without ever seeing the happy couple . there was no time for dancing .
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the diarrhea was everywhere , spread in a thin layer across her body . it may be the most disgusting thing i ' ve ever dealt with . with her clean , i threw away the waist shaper , and scrubbed down the $ 15 k wedding gown back in a plastic basin . the inner lining was a loss , and i cut it out completely .
the worst i ' ve personally witnessed had a grooms baby mama ( and ex fiancé ) come to the reception uninvited . she grabbed the wedding cake , chucked it at the newlyweds , and began screaming how he was a deadbeat dad while she grabbed table wine bottles that she smashed on the ground .
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the monsignor is not at all fond of the archbishop and he begins to try to provoke the archbishop . the monsignor
orders
juana to write a treatise refuting the logic of one of the archbishop ' s favorite theologians . he agrees with juana that the treatise will not be published .
he hadn ' t noticed me yet . i turned the key in my car ( a classic vw bug ) which of course didn ' t start . he noticed me then . i kept trying the engine and after a few tries it started . i turned on my headlights and there he was . 6 ' 2
of ket - head groom standing with brock eyes in front of my tiny car .
i couldn ' t get round him as he kept running in front of me so i decided to drive straight at him and hope he moved out of the way . he didn ' t . instead he jumped on to my car and eventually fell off the curved bonnet .
one thing i can ' t stand ( and that i paid careful attention to for my own wedding ) was the timing of the events within the reception . i hate when there is too much time between dancing sets , and not enough time on the dance floor—like when the party just gets started and then it ' s time to eat , and then it ' s time for speeches , etc .
—cc
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holiday was very good , hotel was good , but we had to move rooms on day 3 , because of the smell of sewage coming from the shower , took 3days of moaning to get moved , but i must say all staff at the hotel were brilliant , from reception , bar staff , cleaners , all of them were great , my only moan about our stay , was , the booze , rubbish , you could drink it all day and not get tipsy . wouldn ' t go back for that reason , everything else was fab , but we were there for a good time not a long time , ; )
venice has ever had . and i ' ll be back next year – with my own ice cream .
there is an echo here also of the figure of the “undead” , one of žižek’s abiding preoccupations . in the physically and theoretically much denser
i had a bride announce her pregnancy at the reception . . . and proceeded to get trashed . the groom and her parents kept taking drinks out of her hand and she kept slurring
yeah , like i ' m not going to drink at my own wedding
. i finally convinced her to switch to vodka sodas so she wouldn ' t stain her dress and she drank club soda for the rest of the night and was none the wiser .
another bride poured a gravy boat full of a1 ( don ' t ask ) all over a guest who wore a white pantsuit to the wedding but that one was sort of funny and the pantsuit lady sort of deserved it .
8 . so far , no one ' s been flat - out left at the altar yet . and certainly not in front of a bunch of kids . all of whom are the bride ' s students . enter jurassic _ snark .
about two hours into the reception shit hit the fan . the first sign something was wrong was that all the women suddenly made a beeline for the door . thankfully one of the floor managers had seen this before and pulled the waitresses out the moment she saw it .
how about momzilla ? i was the planner for a wedding and had been working with the bride and groom . a few months in to planning the grooms mom calls me to change the date of the wedding .
around 10pm most of the guests were leaving ( the party was supposed to go on until 1am ) as the bride and groom had been taking drugs ( ketamine i think ) and were pretty mashed . we weren ' t selling any more drinks so we decided to leave early , refund the customers a bit of money and leave all the confiscated booze behind .
tiny son , all in military white , yawning away during the apparently daily coronation ceremony ; once again , for some shots of a smoking gorilla . some things only
) versus public destiny ( rise of nazism ) . seen through the eyes of
7 . you know a wedding is a disaster when the worst person there isn ' t the castle employee who described guests as acting like
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dear lifehacker , it seems like my cell phone reception has been really bad lately . i can ' t tell if it ' s just my phone or if my carrier has dropped the ball . how can i get to the bottom of this and start making reliable phone calls again ?
the marvel cinematic universe is one impressive accomplishment : a rapidly expanding collection of movies and tv shows which share a unified canon , all telling stories within the same fictional universe . while the actors portraying key roles are typically kept the same , behind the scenes , each movie features a variety of different writers , directors , designers and other filmmakers , all of whom are doing their best to maintain a cohesive overarching story .
“and if the government isn’t going to move in the next two days of debate , well i think we may have to force it to go back to the drawing board and try again . ”
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i might have been able to swallow this provocation if it were at least coherent with the broader philosophical argument . in the more interventionist , less theoretical
okay guys i will recommend that you come to the spa part and get a massage . i am from australia and after all these years this is the best massage i got so far by tia . she did a turkish hamam first and a good scrub , washed me off and did a full body massage . she made tea and put my facial mask on . and lastly im gonna put my feet where the fishes are haha . there are different deals that you can use . do that and thank tia lastly .
thought i forgot about this cluster fuck of a plot line , didn’t you ? but no , i never forget an incest story—it’s too horrifyingly fascinating . freeform really shit the bed when they realized that 4 seasons earlier they made jason date his transgender sister charlotte , which you would think would deter them from this awful transgender revenge reveal , but i guess someone in their office is cool with incest .
“i want to tell the truth . that’s where my storytelling comes from . my feminism comes from somewhere else : acute dissatisfaction . ”
then the wedding . two sets of chairs set up in a lovely courtyard garden , aisle down the middle leading to a bower . we all seated ourselves , on the chairs , which had white upholstery .
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speaking ahead of the debate on the eu withdrawal bill on thursday afternoon , davis said the government had considered the benefits of retaining membership of the european free trade association ( efta ) .
sor juana ines de la cruz , was such : a woman , a nun , but above all a poet who was above and ahead of her time .
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well , it’s not totally unbelievable that he’s a fuckboy . he wears crew neck sweaters , has a high paying job , and emotionally sabotages any female he comes into contact with . so , like , i’d hit that . what’s most unbelievable is that not only does he cheat on his wife with anyone who has a vagina , but he cheats on his wife with his mistress’ twin sister and doesn’t fucking realize it . and i thought tinder was bad . also , who’s hoping that the series final reveals the biggest plot twist of all , that mr . hastings is the father of all the liars ? ? seems plausible .
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for instance , in my office area , i get no reception with at & t , but six feet away in my bedroom it ' s fine . after talking with a few friends , it turns out all of us an iphone have the same problem , but other phones don ' t regardless of the carrier . all buildings are different , but it is possible you just have a room - sized dead zone where you don ' t get service . photo by christopher .
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i am immensely proud that my great - aunt grace vulliamy was involved with the initial arrangements for the basque children’s arrival and that my aunts chloe and poppy ran some of the homes , particularly in suffolk .
probably the most important part of just about any movie is its ending ; get it right and you can have a cinematic masterpiece on your hands , but get it wrong and your film might be destined to stew in the mire of dvd bargain bin hell for all of eternity . the plot twist is a mainstay of narrative form , an attempt to confound viewer expectation in a way that forces them to re - evaluate the narrative and the characters therein . at its best , it can make a great film better , and at its worst , it can sink even the very best efforts . these films vary in quality ; some are terrible from the outset , some are ok , and some are great , at least until the twist comes along and completely derails things . some of these instances were clearly directors trying too hard to shock us , and in others , apparently not trying hard enough . here are the 10 worst movie plot twists of all time . . .
the father of the bride was mad as hell about the expense of the wedding that came out of his pocket . the groom has since moved on with his own life , discovering the woman he was going to marry had cheated on him the night before their wedding made him break it off . he hasn ' t gotten married but i hear he ' s dating someone and it looks serious enough they may get married soon . the bride has been having problems trying to get the respect of her family back after that stunt . she once tried to talk to me when i was single to see if we could go out . i told her flat out i had no interest in dating a woman who cheats like she does . we ' ve not spoken since , much to my relief .
how the fuck did a manage to come up with the massive amount of money needed to fund all of her schemes ? it’s revealed the cece / charles / charlotte ( i’ll get to this later ) is actually a , but the only job a / cece seems to have throughout the show is a retail job at some nameless boutique . bitch is working minimum wage and after taxes , rent , and credit card debt ( i assume , look at that wardrobe ) she still manages to somehow have enough money to spend on underground bunkers and medical benefits for her a gang ? like , is russia funding this too ? ? marlene king , i demand answers .
[ 5 ] one of the most risque representations for women filmmakers who want to avoid the objectification of women is the filming of erotic scenes , particularly in this case , with lesbian undertones . bemberg undertakes a major task in i , the worst of all when she includes two of such scenes in her movie . historians and literary critics have discussed whether juana ines de la cruz and the vicereine had a relationship that crossed the boundaries of female friendship , and this issue is still debated by some . ( click here for an audio clip of audrey gibbs reading a poem of sor juana and discussing the lesbian issue and also see the use of lesbianism as a marketing strategy and a video by audrey gibbs and nicole robertson about that . ) the only historical evidence are juana ' s passionate love poems that she wrote for the vicereine . bemberg undertakes the representation of this relationship , and she manages to let the viewer make up her own mind as to whether the two women had more than friendly feelings for each other . one of the two scenes in particular is worth analyzing in order to emphasize how the director manages to avoid the objectification of women .
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the logic of absolute recoil is that conflict is an ontological condition from which there can be no escape : “the position of wisdom is that the void brings ultimate peace , a state in which all differences are obliterated ; the position of dialectical materialism is that there is no peace even in the void . ” where “wisdom” imagines a pure and undisturbed “origin” that precedes the state of antagonism , dialectical materialism refutes the possibility of such an origin .
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i ' m a photographer and came onsite the day of a wedding to meet with the planner / coordinator who promptly told me to be careful around the bride . apparently at the rehearsal the prior night the bride thought the coordinator was taking too much of her time ( after two questions ) , and relayed through her bridesmaid that the coordinator was no longer allowed to speak to the bride or even look her in the eye . all communication would have to go through a family member from there on out .
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as a twist should be central to the actual plot , not a nod buried at the end of the movie when half the theater has started to leave , this is barely a twist . a light tangle . hardly . not at all .
we all ran to he car park as the groom was kicking off by this point and everyone jumped into my bosses car apart from me ( as i drove myself ) . my boss pulls away out if he car park as the groom comes out of the venue and starts hurling chairs at her car and trailer , screaming nonsense and swearing at the same time .
teenage son , the film is a comedy of sexual awakening slammed into an awful warning about history . surprisingly , it works . place , period , and character all have a pinpoint exactness .
i agree with other reviewers that it is not about lesbian nuns . it is a very good movie of the child prodigy , brilliant mexican poetess , writer , who lived during the 17th . . .
“the delegated legislation can amend the primary act itself , ” he told mps . “that is as wide as i have seen in my experience . what are the limits ? what are the safeguards ? ”
i was at the wedding for one of my sisters friends who was the bride . the bride never showed up at the wedding and no one could find her . after several hours the groom and his family all went home . turned out the bride went for a wild night of partying and sleapt with some guy she met at a club . she was passed out drunk at his place all day long before she came around and realized she missed her own wedding . she was out with a friend that did nothing to stop her from getting wasted and screwing around ( i think her freind let her get carried away because she thought the bride wouldn ' t have been a good wife and figured it was the easiest way to get the couple to split up ) .
it was the biggest brawl i ' ve ever seen , easily fifty men pucking the heads off one another . someone drove a car into our emergency exit . chairs went through windows . the fight spilled out to the rest of the hotel , while the staff were locked behind the bar or in the kitchen .
dear guest , thank you for sharing your feedback . we were very concerned to hear that your all inclusive holidays fell so short of your expectations . we do encourage constructive criticism and take all comments under serious consideration , however i feel your rating of the hotel is mainly judged on services that are not part of the package you booked and were never promised as such . the standard all inclusive package runs till 23 . 30 , this is clearly stated in our ai description on every channel that the eden roc is bookable on . there is a package available should you wish to extend the hours , which among other inclusions provides more drink and cocktail options , in room minibar and bottled water and use of the champagne bar . i was surprised to read that you were not informed about our dress code before hand and that you felt sorry for other guests , since all 3rd parties selling the hotel are requested to highlight this in their descriptions and we do clearly state our dress code on our booking confirmation email and our own website . we find that most guests appreciate the existence of a dress code during dinner . please be assured that your comments regarding the incidents with our restaurant and waiting staff have been acknowledged , i sincerely apologise for these and will personally make sure these issues are immediately addressed . thank you once again for your comments and and i hope we do get another chance in the future to provide a more satisfying experience . on behalf of the management , yours sincerely , nikolas
official submission of argentina for the ' best foreign language film ' category of the 63rd academy awards in 1991 .
the subsequent debate on the withdrawal bill , one of the key pieces of brexit legislation , saw complaints from a series of conservative mps about both the timetable to scrutinise the measure , and the sweeping powers it grants ministers .
the archbishop and other clergy meet to discuss the writings of juana . most of the comments are very negative :
i only see lasciviousness ; the most morbid sensuality
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they exalt the virreina .
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first here are the good points : - great staff . . . especially costas who did the towels , such a helpful man . the room was beautiful and the view fantastic . the maids were brilliant and the rooms always cleaned properly . the animation team did their best with what they had and the pools and beach were very nice . the bad points : - the rude russian guests who played the game of piling their food up as high as they could and then not eating it . they also thought nothing of being completely rude to staff , banging keys on bar tops and trying to push their way in front of others . one guy felt my wrath for stealing towels from the booth where you change towels . i had had enough of their repulsive manner and behaviour as had many other guests . i put up with no nonsense from them and i suggest you do the same , that way they might learn to stop being bullies . the bars smelt of a putrid egg sulphur smell and even though we were on all inclusive plus , there were such stupid rules on bar opening times . as i went in august the temperatures were around 38 degrees at times , to wait until they decide to open the bar was ridiculous . its not worth the extra money to go all inclusive plus , so do not bother paying for it . the food . . . . . my oh my . as a food writer i know . . .
more importantly , i hope your readers might recognise shameful parallels with the behaviours of governments and newspapers in 1937 and 2017 , and also the honourable parallels with the behaviour of churches , councils , trade unions and the general public both then and now . daniel vulliamy brigham , east yorkshire
i enjoyed this film about sister juana ines de la cruz . the acting , costumes , and storyline were all superb . my only objection is to the quote on the dvd case by the boston globe about the
lesbian passion seething behind convent walls . . .
there were only two gentle kisses and no nudity , so i think that description was over - the - top and meant to appeal to prurient tastes . it truly is a classy film that highlights the struggles of a creative soul in a setting that became stifling once her patrons and protectors left mexico .
directed by a woman , 2¾ hours long and shot in three parts for eventual tv transmission , this film of the autobiographies of new zealand poet janet frame is touching in childhood , beguiling in adolescence , and all over the place in adulthood . frame ' s history of misdiagnosed mental illness –
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we spent the rest of that night , until about four in the morning , cleaning up blood ( i ' ve never seen so much fucking blood before or since ) , and glass , and human shit .
i had worked with this coordinator in the past and knew her to be a consummate professional and pleasant person to be around . she had actually assumed the bride would get over her tantrum the day of the wedding , but nope , still no talking or eye contact . the coordinator tried her best to keep the wedding day going smoothly and on time but it was really tough to do so through proxy . taking photos took forever because i had to make sure a bridesmaid or sister was always with us to tell the couple where to stand and how to pose . it was one of the most awkward jobs i ever had .
had lunch in the new revamped commercial hotel with a group last week . they have done a great job of the décor but need to bring their food and service standards up to scratch . the waitresses need to look as though they care , the one taking our orders took most of our orders went away and didn ' t come back consequently most of us had our food and had finished before the rest got theirs . the chicken burger i had was definitely not the best ive had . for the prices they charge i expect better quality .
the film displays the life of a nun , who is considered one of the best women poets in latin american history , but she was a woman ahead of her time , the seventeenth century .
now i have a shell shocked assistant and a crying bride . you can smell her four feet away . the bride is just flipping out that she ' s making her guests wait , that she has a choreographed dance waiting to happen , and she needs to be introduced now . i ' m just looking at her manicured nails . residue of diarrhea are just imbedded in her nail bed . i start trying to scrape the poo out with a fabric stain wipe , while the bride insists that the show must go on , immediately . i give in that this is an issue which will have to wait , and signal to start introductions . the groom looks vaguely disconcerted by his new wife ' s odor , but i tell my assistant to distract him until they take the floor . introductions happen , the dance starts , and we find some fresh horror .
i thought it was kind of weird and called the couple to confirm the change . nope ! couple did not know anything about the date change and said to completely ignore the grooms mom and call them if she tried to get in contact .
we’re only halfway through the final season of pretty little liars and , in true freeform fashion , it’s already a shit storm riddled with plot holes . in case you were living your best life missed it , the liars are currently being tortured by a jumanji - like game that forces them to do millennial fear factor challenges such as talking to your ex . the horror . also , allison is now pregnant with emily’s baby . so there’s that . and those aren’t even the most ridiculous plot lines that have been featured on this godforsaken show . that being said , i have swallowed a lot of bullshit from marlene king over the years in the spirit of moving the plot forward , and as the series comes to close i thought i’d talk shit air my grievances about every plot line that i just could not even with .
in the first thor movie , odin locks up all of his rarest and most dangerous treasures in a secure vault . loki enters the vault several times to get a close look at the frost giants’ power source , which is kept under careful watch by the destroyer .
my father , enrique , and his two brothers were evacuated from bilbao and came to britain on the habana , disembarking on 23 may 1937 – an anniversary being celebrated by the basque children of ’37 association uk . then the british public massively supported the nearly 4 , 000 children evacuated from spain to the uk in the face of opposition and obstruction from the conservative government . i hear echoes of those times when the plight of unaccompanied child refugees is ignored today .
i offered condolences to the would be groom , and in that conversation we realize she told us different stories . he went back to her , demanded the truth . they broke up the next day .
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the look of this film , with it ' s sumptuous use of color contrasts , is worth 5 stars . with rich shades of brown , it has the palette of a rembrandt painting , and the beautiful soundtrack by luis maria serra is a compliment to it . the subject matter is captivating , not only for showing us some of the genius of sor juana inés de la cuz , but also for a view of the life in 17th century mexico . assumpta serra is exquisite as sor juana , known as the
10th muse
and one of the great poets of the spanish golden era . for anyone interested in the lives of women who have made their mark on this world , this is a must . i love the scene where she says :
every theology is questionable , since it stems from reason and not from faith
. i must comment on the way this film has been packaged . it is asinine . ignore it . maria luisa bemberg is another woman who is making a big mark on the world with her magnificent films . i also recommend her wonderful
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the groom got mega plastered and smashed a bottle of cognac on the dance floor and literally tried to set in on fire . the function supervisor tried to tell him very politely that he couldn ' t and he got a bit upset about that and started screaming
this is my wedding and if i want to burn this place down i will
, cops were called .