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As a tragically repressed and alcoholic small-town cop, Nolte conveys a "fierce, anguished intensity" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Critics say Schrader's style is a perfect match for Russell Banks' novel, and that the director "has hit, in this exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited production, a new, deep level of artistry" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Only complaint: The voice-over narration by Willem Dafoe (as Nolte's brother) is a bit stilted and portentous.
He played Cody Jarrett, the head of a bank-robbing gang who was trained in criminality by his mother, and who, though well into middle age, still dotes on her with an infant's fierce love.
The other problem is that while Miller at his best is fierce and brutal, he is seldom intricate or subtle.
Opposed to that is the lethal weapon style, which usually involves a fierce high heel, often skinny and slanted in an odd direction, like a half-open switchblade, with fastenings for the shoe that run to grim metallic buckles or very toothy zippers.
Linking Unter den Linden to Karl-Liebknecht-Straße is the 19th century Schloßbrücke (Palace Bridge), designed by Schinkel in 1820–1824, and decorated with fierce warriors and victory goddesses.