"Kevin" exposes the darkness of motherhood--a difficult theme to swallow--which Swinton describes as a "gag reflex".
The interrelationship of values and the economy is a difficult theme for politicians to articulate.
Oddly enough, though, death was not the most difficult theme to handle.
When I asked Doña Elisabeth to describe the economic situation of her community, she again related it to health, this time in the context of nutrition: "This is a difficult theme.
Nonetheless, death of a parent can be a particularly difficult theme for children to face.
A lot of the really good films this year have been on dark and difficult themes (We Need To Talk About Kevin, Wuthering Heights, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and sombre topics will attract the most talented, thoughtful film-makers.
One afternoon after watching Mr. Stearns perform Balanchine's fiendishly difficult "Theme and Variations," a friend of mine blurted out, "It's like watching sex".
The Holy Spirit is one of the most elusive and difficult themes in Christian theology, because it refers to one of the three persons in the Godhead but does not evoke concrete images the way "Father" or "Creator" and "Son" or "Redeemer" do.
It's easier and more palatable to observe that women and queer people are often on the short end of the stick in many situations, so it's easier for them to identify with these difficult themes that astrology probes".
Geoffrey Gilmore, the director of the Sundance Film Festival, said the subject of abortion comes up more realistically in independent films, as do other difficult themes like drug addiction, incest, even infanticide, most recently in "Stephanie Daley," about a teenager accused of murdering her newborn.
