The passions ignited by the vote were on full display on Tuesday, as opposing sides lined up side by side outside polling places here in Colorado's second-largest city.
From the top of the Gothic cathedral to the eerie statues on Crosby Beach, a mild flirtation soon develops into something deeper and more profound, as secrets are revealed, insecurities exposed and passions ignited.
Aldo takes his young daughter, leaving behind her mother (Alida Valli), and travels in search of employment, or peace of mind; he finds little of either, relying instead on the brief passions ignited by an old flame (Betsy Blair), the owner of a gas station (the splendidly named Dorian Gray), and a prostitute (Lyn Shaw) who ekes out her existence in a leaking shack.
Quiz any true Sounders fans about what gets their competitive juices flowing, and they will talk at length about the passions ignited by their intense rivalry with their Pacific Northwestern neighbours the Portland Timbers.
They become lovers, and their passion ignites into love.
The passion ignited by a new love inevitably cools and must mature into the caring, compassion and companionship that can sustain a long-lasting relationship.
These same artists were also painting images rich and sensuous in form and loaded with metaphor, which, taken at more than face value, provided a brave emotional language voicing dissent and passion ignited by such a tyrannical regime.
The action is structured back to front: it opens after the end of the affair then regresses, via a series of clumped scenes, to the moment illicit passion ignited, nine years earlier.
The opening lines give a flavour of its unifying force: "Let me go back to my first gasp of breath Let my life force return to the earth It is New Zealand that thunders now And it is my time It is my moment The passion ignites This defines us as the All Blacks".
