JITNEY (1977) In the dingy office of a gypsy cab company, the owner and his ex-con son clash over their tormented relationship.

Their increasingly tormented relationship culminates in what might be described as a ghoulish role-reversed variation of "The Sleeping Beauty" played backward.

His exquisitely tormented relationship with the department he served for 31 years as firefighter, union president and commissioner gives rich texture to Mr. Von Essen's book.

The tormented relationship of racial and economic bondage both predated the war and continued well beyond it.

"Today's event," she said, "marks the end of a long chapter characterized by estrangement and a painful tormented relationship."

He was a very tormented man, I know that now, but at the time I didn't understand it, and so it was a very tormented relationship.

Nin becomes involved in the couple's tormented relationship, having an affair with Henry and also pursuing June.

And "The Trial" serves both as a parable about innocence and authority, and as an allegory of Kafka's own tormented relationship with his father.

And songs like "Twist in My Sobriety," in which her singing is complemented by an oboe, hint at dark, tormented relationships.

The video features flashes of color and is heavily metaphorical, portraying an unhealthy, tormented relationship through artistic usage of the two performers' bodies.