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As with other trademark Refn works--indeed, film fans and industry players have taken to using his name as a shorthand, as in, 'so-and-so is like a Canadian Refn' --there is a stillness on the surface that is interrupted by, and masks, a violent unease underneath.
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There might be the sense of domestic unease, a violent husband, troubled children?
The killing has shaken up the Rastafarian community, acting as a violent reminder of the unease that simmers between the self-declared pilgrims and some of the local, mostly impoverished Ethiopians who remain bewildered by or even resentful of their presence.
They came to live in this swamp in the terrifying days after 15 December 2013 when political unease turned violent in Juba and spread quickly throughout the ten states of South Sudan.
Violent men die violently.
She also expressed unease about the impact of violent video games played by young people.
As the country revels in a tourism boom and Beirut's beaches and restaurants brim with visitors, beneath the surface there is deep unease about the potential for violent upheaval.
A common theme among the five managers was unease about the market's recent violent swings.
It is not necessarily violent, but the use of tension, dispute, or unease is more common in a nonviolent context.
In many ways, the unease and willful ignorance about teenage girls' lives, their violent impulses, and their unsentimental desires, contributed to the unprecedented and often bizarre legal drama surrounding Ellard.
In many ways, the unease and willful ignorance about teenage girls' lives, their violent impulses, their unsentimental desires, contributed to the unprecedented and often bizarre legal drama surrounding Kelly Ellard.
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