As they head towards their respective families, a dangerous storm gathering over the highway, the car crackles with the ambivalence they feel towards each other and their apparently settled lives.
In a world where most people consume their news safely, perhaps in a comfortable chair on some electronic device, it is worth remembering how dangerous news-gathering has become.
Last month, the families became upset when the city announced that the ceremony could no longer be held at the site because the Port Authority deemed the construction being carried out too dangerous for large gatherings.
A national reconciliation conference of clan elders planned for June 14th will not take place, partly because Mogadishu remains too dangerous for any public gathering.
"The remnants of Saddam's regime are still dangerous, and terrorists are gathering in Iraq to undermine the advance of freedom," Mr. Bush said.
Most Crimeans regarded the protests on Kiev's Maidan as nothing more than a gathering of dangerous Ukrainian nationalists, a perception that was amplified by the Kremlin-controlled Russian television channels that dominate the local media.
Across the globe, a dangerous, elusive group is gathering force.
"If you see storm clouds gathering or dangerous shoals ahead, you don't sit back and do nothing.
"I just want us to be really cautious because this strain of libertarianism going through both parties right now and making big headlines I think is very dangerous," Christie told a gathering of Republican governors at the Aspen Institute in Colorado.
Unlike those pictures, "Lost Souls" has long patches of tedium, occasionally interrupted by a loud noise or an absurd spectacle like a cocktail party that ends with an assailant's neck being broken -- proof positive that New York literary gatherings are dangerous in ways that even Truman Capote never dreamed of.
