Heartbreak plunges these children into depths of anguish that we cannot imagine.
As Justine, the complicated young bride at the center of Lars von Trier's apocalyptic meditation on depression, "Melancholia," Kirsten Dunst is called upon to convey great depths of anguish with very little dialogue.
The determination on display in Greenwich Village in the final days of this year, at an intersection that once provided a clear view of the twin towers, is testimony to the depth of the anguish so many people feel 15 weeks after the attack.
For the first time I heard the depth of his anguish: His mother wanted to commit suicide; his father was ready to move the family to another state; he agonized over the pain he was causing his loved ones; he did not want to be gay but could not help himself despite heroic efforts.
But the movie, even in the depths of its anguish and degradation, never loses the touch of grace and cosmic humor that sets it into motion.
But, once again, here is an Auster character keen to urge on us, in words of air, the gravity of his motives, the depths of his anguish: "This failure to act is far and away the most reprehensible thing I have ever done, the low point in my career as a human being".
To moviegoers of my generation, her hologrammed image is still mysteriously, compellingly powerful, reaching out to the great Jedi Master in the depths of her anguish: "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!" And yet, for me, her greatest acting role came 12 years later, in Nora Ephron's classic romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally.
In a gripping portrayal, Vincent Le Texier, also a baritone, plumbed the depth of the Dutchman's anguish and sang with haunting, richly resonant tone.
Brian Roberts thought for a moment, scrolling back through the depths of his personal anguish.
