Adamant

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–adjective 

1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.

2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.

–noun 

3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.

4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.





　

It's at that level that Polanski is at his most adamant: 



The events that occur in the film must not be allowed to have significance. Polanski and Tynan take only small liberties with Shakespeare, and yet so successfully does Polanski orchestrate "Macbeth's" visual content that we come out of the film with a horrified realization. 



We didn't identify with either Macbeth or Macduff in their final duel. We were just watching a sword-fight. 





refractory 

a refractory [child]. 

bigotry

which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to [Proposition 8] in California.

every white character in the film is a one-dimensional [bigot],

recalcitrant

Even in this perversely [recalcitrant] world, the Coens find their puppets an endless source of amusement. 

budge

He stepped on the gas but the [car] didn't budge.  

She won't budge from her [opinions].

when a frustrated [cadre] of student environmentalists attempts to liberate... The [animals] won't budge. 

inexorable 

unyielding

inexorable [truth] 

inexorable [justice]

Even time-travel stories always depend on the inexorable direction of [time].

Nubile