Affliction (1997)

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" Based on the novel by Russell Banks, AfflectiOn is a sobering, absorbing psychological study of the precarious relationship between an abusive father and his two sons. Wade Whitehouse is a middle-aged ineffectual sheriff in a small New Hampshire town, where he and his brother, Rolfe (Willem Dafoe), were raised. When events shatter the quiet of his small town, Wade is forced to confront the past and reexamine his life, attempting a reconciliation with his abusive, alcoholic dad, Glen, by mo"

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"6.6. Kun pitää näyttää perinteinen amerikkalainen mies haavoittuvimmillaan, Paul Schrader hoitaa. Afflictionissa miessukupolvien henkisen painolastin romahduksesta tekee vaikuttavamman se, että äijärooleissa on semmoista takavuosikymmenten machoukkoa kuin Nick Nolte ja James Coburn. Herttainen Spacek ja kylmänrauhallinen Dafoe luovat tarvittavaa kontrastia läsnäolollaan. Sean Penn kolisteli jokseenkin samoja kehikoita ohjaamallaan The Pledgellä pari vuotta myöhemmin, mutta vaisummi"

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" ... and Nick Nolte"

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"Watched on: November 3rd, 2023. Depressing, dark, but realistic to a certain extent. Afterall, it is about a man going through many situations at once and can't prioritize one thing at a time, he must obsess over many things, which.. brings us to the nihilism and cynicism that drives this film and ends this film. Damn good!"

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" as Wade Whitehouse "

BradWesley123's Movie Journal- January 2019 (35 movies items)

" Starz- 1hr. 54min. First Viewing Despite being too writerly, or blunt, for it's own good (Schrader's obtrusive need for overly literary narration and storytelling devices occasionally threaten to overwhelm the picture), Affliction is a searing look at the ways men pass resentment and violence through generations. It's a tough watch, certainly a harrowing one; watching this level of human misery onscreen always is. That said, it's a testament to the film that it is this difficult; despite the sc"

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"1998! Winner: James Coburn! Nominees: John Goodman - The Big Lebowski as Walter Sobchak Ed Harris - The Truman Show as Christof Geoffrey Rush - Elizabeth as Sir Francis Walsingham Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell"

Academy Awards For Best Supporting Actor Deservers (91 movies items)

"1998! Winner: James Coburn! Nominees: John Goodman - The Big Lebowski as Walter Sobchak Ed Harris - The Truman Show as Christof Geoffrey Rush - Elizabeth as Sir Francis Walsingham Billy Bob Thornton - A Simple Plan as Jacob Mitchell"