As the prisoners trudge off to work, sadistic, infernal music accompanies them: a band of prisoners is forced to play marches and popular tunes; Levi says that the pounding of the bass drum and the clashing of the cymbals is "the voice of the Lager" and the last thing about it he will forget.
In Superheroes and Superegos: Analyzing the Minds Behind the Masks (2010), author Sharon Packer wrote that "[a]nyone who feels that feminist critics overreacted to [Gordon's] accident is advised to consult the source material", calling the work "sadistic to the core".
The comedy might not stand for much beyond a sadistic wink, but the satire works overall; it finds a way to denounce deplorable situations while reserving capacity to laugh at them.
(Holden) * 'CACHÉ (HIDDEN)' (R, 121 minutes, in French) Michael Haneke, one of the most elegantly sadistic European directors working today, deposits his audience at the intersection of voyeurism and paranoia in this tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice.
(Manohla Dargis) * 'CACHÉ (HIDDEN)' (R, 121 minutes, in French) Michael Haneke, one of the most elegantly sadistic European directors working today, deposits his audience at the intersection of voyeurism and paranoia in this tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice.
That desire, however, has usually been compounded by a set of complicated, ambiguous and often sadistic ideals that worked to the detriment of black women; as was the case with the exploitation of Sara Baartman -- the young woman taken from her native South Africa in the 19th century, dubbed "Hottentot Venus" and displayed in London as a semi-nude freak-show attraction.
Conducting their work with sadistic glee, they first stun their victims, then use scalpels and hacksaws to execute their tasks.
The funny thing from an actor's perspective is that you have this strangely masochistic or sadistic relationship with your work – you want your character to suffer, that's what you really want to play, isn't it?
Her killing must be the work of a sadistic madman on the loose in the villages of the Vexin.
The Dig by Cynan Jones (2014) A dark, unnerving and compact work about a sadistic badger-baiter and a bereaved farmer set in rural Wales, The Dig epitomises the power and economy of the novella at its masterful best.
