Sentences with phrase «turn as dictator»
The legendary Forest Whitaker has always been a strong fit for historical roles, whether it was his work as jazz musician Charlie Parker in Clint Eastwood's «Bird,» his Oscar - winning turn as dictator Idi Amin in «The Last King of Scotland,» or White House butler Eugene Allen in «The Butler.»
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When the Cultural Revolution ended, it was as if my parents» generation had just woken up from a dream: It turned out the man they had worshipped as the Red Sun itself was nothing but a cruel and petty dictator who led a wanton and dissolute life.
It is no longer news that the much hyped human right activist, lawyer cum demonstrator turned flagbearer of the liberalist oriented New Patriotic Party Nana Addo has exposed himself as a dictator who can not repent and has broken all bad records set by his forerunners.
Briton Earl Cameron also gives a rather layered performance for the short time he is on screen as the once - great - turned - evil dictator whose life is threatened even as he is about to face charges of genocide.
Then, as it turns out, most viewers will guess the Big Twist, and be annoyed at how ludicrously it plays out in an endless scene that again feels more out of «Hedda Gabler» by high schoolers on speed than anything, as Penn and the assassin shriek at each other as the assassin pushes a gun against the dictator's head.
He starts off as the kind the clown in pajamas at the start of the film, but you need to see him turn into the next dictator by the end.
As it turns out, in addition to being despots and practitioners of genocide, dictators are typically megalomaniacs who like to put their thoughts on paper for posterity.
The utopia of placeless infinity (Untitled, «Infinity wall,» 2008) or the reminiscence of a former socialist utopist turned dictator (Thaw (Takaki Masao), 2007) explore this theme, as do the most recent large - scale sculptures, which, like pieces of architecture, allow the viewer to access interior worlds and provide him / her with an intense spatial experience (Via Negativa, 2012).