And many share the same existential outlook and preoccupation with mortality evinced by Harry Angstrom, Henry Bech and so many of the author's other characters.
But also, as in The Good Life, there is again this urgent preoccupation with existential questions of meaning, purpose and authenticity.
The actor shares a screenplay credit on the film, and his career-long preoccupation with existential exploration, in his choice of acting roles and in his writing and directing – The Indian Runner, The Crossing Guard, The Pledge – is very present here.
In contrast, stressed relationships, difficulties coping with illness, and preoccupation with existential issues were negatively associated with all scales of the S-PRT.
The film's preoccupations ultimately seem less political than existential.
In the tawdry life and violent demise of Bob Crane, star of the television sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," Mr. Schrader has found a subject well suited to his preoccupations with sex, pornography and the existential agony of self-deluded men.
His existential angst can seem overindulgent; he is practically heavy metal in his preoccupation with storms, darkness and death.
The answer, based on the foregoing references, is that we moor it to the preoccupations of the African society with human welfare and social harmony, to reflections on the existential conditions in which human beings function.
Along with a strong will to survive, there is a preoccupation with death, feelings of depression, dependence, and anger, and a general avoidance of deep existential or spiritual issues.
Of course, the flag waving is less likely an endorsement of Hamas than a symbol of the Far Left's persistent preoccupation with Israel's reluctant occupation of lands it captured in its defensive struggle for existential survival during 1967's Six Day War.
