In Wes Anderson's 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited, three brothers who "... suffer from spiritual emptiness" and then "self-medicate themselves through sex, social withdrawal", and drugs.
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Mark Romanek's 1985 film Static tells the surreal story of a struggling inventor and crucifix factory worker named Ernie who feels spiritually empty because he is saddened by his parents' death in an accident.
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In Cornell University professor James Garbarino's 1999 book Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them, he argues that "neglect, shame, spiritual emptiness, alienation, anger and access to guns are a few of the elements common to violent boys".
The Immortal Ceridwyn, using the persona of Flora MacDonald, counsels MacLeod against the emptiness of a life dedicated to revenge.
The closure, peculiar in its effect, evokes feelings of emptiness and a sense of musical return.
NB: contains a complete translation of Mipham's 'Lion's Roar Proclaiming Extrinsic Emptiness' (Wylie: gZhan stong khas len seng ge
She tries by any means to overcome the emptiness which defines her (see The Character of Rain).
Bastian now faces "the Emptiness", and he is soon manipulated by the evil sorceress Xayide (Clarissa Burt) and her magical army of mechanical giants.
The first concerned Howl, Allen Ginsberg's 1955 poem which celebrated American counterculture and decried hypocrisy and emptiness in mainstream society.