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At times he speaks in short, halting phrases, pausing between the most unlikely words, and then he'll rush through a series of phrases so quickly that he'll nearly run out of breath and almost gasp out the last words--rhythm as characterization, his cadences revealing the contours of his troubled spirit as concisely as his words.
As Reich speaks, the audience hisses so loudly "that I'm not sure anyone can hear me."
The index of Tim Jeal's excellent biography Baden-Powell speaks of his "aesthetic and sexual interest in men," "pre-marital celibacy," "dreams of young men," and "anxieties over sexuality."
Cheung, who speaks English with a surprising British accent, at once grounds the film and gives it a touch of mystery--the mystery of simplicity.
He speaks, says the New York Times ' Stephen Holden, in "a hushed, gee-whiz semi-whisper that's meant to convey profundity but ...