Anderson unbound.Anderson Unbound unbound said of electrolytes, e.g. iron and calcium, and other substances which are circulating in the bloodstream and are not bound to plasma proteins so that they are available immediately for metabolic processes. See also calcium, iron. Directed by Sheldon Serkin, written by Randall Cole. Canadian Film Centre, 1999. 17 min., 16mm. When nebbish neb·bish n. A person regarded as weak-willed or timid. [Yiddish nebekh, poor, unfortunate, of Slavic origin; see bhag- in Indo-European roots. salesman Anderson (played to Woody Allenish perfection by David Boyce) takes a seminar on conflict management, his life is transformed. With the application of a few short, snappy phrases and techniques, Anderson discovers, all of life's senseless conflicts can be resolved. After the seminar, he encounters two men fighting in a nearby park. Now a trained mediator, Anderson decides he must intervene, armed not only with good intentions, but also with, as he remembers proudly via the film's clever use of intertitles, the very latest conflict management strategies. Kinetic and only a little too long, Serkin's deftly directed film skewers a society hopelessly obsessed ob·sess v. ob·sessed, ob·sess·ing, ob·sess·es v.tr. To preoccupy the mind of excessively. v.intr. with experts, self-help gurus and consultants who have convinced us that only they can help us to help ourselves. Located somewhere between the breakneck break·neck adj. 1. Dangerously fast: a breakneck pace. 2. Likely to cause an accident: a breakneck curve. cartoony violence of Tex Avery Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his most significant work for the Warner Bros. and the smart pop-culture satire of John Paizs, Anderson Unbound supplies ample, hilarious proof that, in a world where U.S. Presidents talk about using words to settle disputes at the very moment they are bombing others, talk is indeed cheap. Alas, it would seem that conflict management seminars, while very expensive, are cheaper still. |
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