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		<title>AFFLICTION &#8211; Nick Nolte &#8211; d: Paul Schrader</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 03:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Affliction (1998) 
Direction: Paul Schrader
Screenplay: Paul Schrader, from Russell Banks&#8217; novel
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn, Willem Dafoe, Mary Beth Hurt, Jim True, Marian Seldes
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Set in a snowy New England town, Affliction could have been an excellent study of a dysfunctional family&#8217;s cycle of violence at a time of rapid socioeconomic changes. Unfortunately, Paul Schrader&#8217;s film  doesn&#8217;t quite reach those heights. Based on a novel by Russell Banks (who also penned the equally snowy The Sweet Hereafter),  Schrader&#8217;s film adaptation relies on a realistic wintry atmosphere (courtesy of cinematographer Paul Sarossy) to convey the deadness inside the heart of the story&#8217;s protagonist, the angst-ridden, small-town sheriff Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte). The middle-aged Wade is  intent on [...]]]></description>
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