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Johnson first made his name with 2005?s Brick, which transported the plotting, mood Joe Namath Jersey , and speech patterns of a classic noir to a contemporary high school. The director followed that with 2008?s The Brothers Bloom, which wore its Wes Anderson-derived quirk on its perfectly manicured sleeve. With Looper, the borrowings are no less obvious, whether in the plotting (recent sci-fi mind-fuckers like Primer and Timecrimes vie with elements of noir and Bad Seed-style bad toddler behavior), the settings (the dystopian city of the future is drawn from countless cinematic models), or specific touches (the hired thugs in 2072 dress like spaghetti-Western bandits). But Looper isn鈥檛 about its references. Instead Leonard Williams Jersey , they鈥檙e firmly woven into the fabric of the work. As Joe鈥檚 boss (Jeff Daniels) explains to his style-conscious hireling, dismissing the latter鈥檚 emphasis on superficial image-making, the movies he鈥檚 copying in shaping his physical appearance are themselves copies of other movies.
Does this amount to self-critique? If so, it鈥檚 a gentle one. But as Gordon-Levitt ages into Willis, he trades his youthful obsession with flash for a more satisfying relationship to the adult world. As the film evolves into an ethical quandary, it raises questions about what people will do to protect both their loved ones and their own happiness and wonders what value individual happiness merits when placed against the fate of the world.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Thirty-five men have been arrested in Wisconsin State during a national operation against human trafficking in the U.S., the WLUK-TV reported on Friday.
Authorities throughout Brown County, Wisconsin, arrested the men in late July, according to the local channel.
The operation was part of the National Johns Suppression Initiative Jamal Adams Jersey , which took place in the past two months and involved 37 law enforcement agencies across 17 states in America.
The nation-wide initiative was aimed at reducing human trafficking by targeting sex buyers, under which 1,020 sex buyers, known as "johns" were arrested, 75 adults and six juvenile victims were recovered.
Wisconsin court records show that at least two of the 35 arrested men have been formally charged with crimes.
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