Anomie

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–noun Sociology. 

a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people. 



Also, anomy.



uproot

Windows were broken and large [trees] uprooted.

Many people were uprooted from their [homes] by the flood.





　

Swathed in neon and attitude, Wong Kar-wai's Fallen Angels is arguably the apotheosis of the Hong Kong auteur's hyper-kinetic, pop-informed style. Picking up on the stylistic flourishes and thematic preoccupations of Wong's previous feature, Chungking Express, this nocturnal movie follows a handful of restless, lonesome strangers in millennial Hong Kong. 



The movie, shot mainly in wide angle by long-time Wong collaborator Christopher Doyle, is a lush reverie: Wong's characters drift through the movie in various states of ruminative alienation and ennui. Despite this obsession [with] urban anomie, Wong's penchant [for] loopy coincidences and distracted doodling keeps things bittersweet rather than depressing. 



[Dripping] in romantic excess, the movie offers a fractured, wistful snapshot of fleeting youth, with MTV pyrotechnics, stylish languor, and slapdash absurdity all rolled into one cool and cohesive package. 



As in Wong's other features, mood and atmosphere are everything. From the [smear] of lights on busy city streets to the glamorously stoical disaffection of its characters, Fallen Angels never fails to be anything less than gorgeous and hip. For all its attitude, this elegiac film never lapses [into] winking irony, a tribute to Wong's singular capacity for romantic expression.



millennial

美滿的,太平盛世的





miasma

The film's form and purpose now [emerge] from the [miasma] of the original cut

inimical

Her opinions are inimical [to] our proposal. 

that the Amazon was truly inimical [to] humankind. 

animosity

animus, adjective

and the animosity [Americans] had for the country of [Iran]. 



abject

abject [poverty].  

an abject [coward].  

malady

[social] maladies

a malady of the [spirit].  



cf. sophrosyne

hubris

which documents the making of Fitzcarraldo, suggests that there may be equal amounts of [hubris] and [genius] in Herzog himself, and that he is in [no] small part the model for Fitzcarraldo.

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