Disquisition

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–noun 

a formal discourse or treatise (論文,專著) in which a subject is examined and discussed; dissertation. 





　

The Best of Youth's approach to history is both [head]-on and [sidelong], variously enfolding the tumultuous protests and terrorist activity of the '70s, the 1992 Palermo massacre, and assorted World Cup [agonie][s] and [ecstasie][s]. 



Players join the Red Brigades and lose their jobs to industrial "reorganization," as well as have secret babies. Perhaps by virtue of being conceived for a domestic audience, the film shrugs off the bulky exposition of most historical epics (the non-Italian viewer might have some light Googling to do after the screenings). 



But Giordana ably [shoulders] his influences, paying homage [to] Rocco in his lengthy staging of a decisive New Year's Eve party and its blood-freezing aftermath. 



As in Visconti and Amelio's brotherly disquisitions, 



a submerged yet implacable fury [simmers] throughout, 

but 

here the violence is finally turned [inward].





erudite

delve [into] the background of a case

Threnody



tumultuous

raucous

furor

Raucous



implacable 

Just implacable, poker-faced, flat, [uninflected] death.

rankle 

His behavior rankles with me [still].

torment 

inflict

[inflict] punishment or other torments [upon] someone

[afflict] someone [with] punishment or other torments. 

Beleaguer