... comes to films depicting such grand dissipation, one of the best is Nicholas Hytner's "The Crucible." Based on Arthur Miller's play of the same name, "The Crucible" is set in the small settler town of Salem, Massachusetts in the early 1690's, a town ... their desperation, the girls consult a slave from Barbados named D'Jouba who is believed to have ancient voodoo powers. According to the opening scene of the film, the girls are attempting to conjure their various crushes into loving them with D'Jouba's help. ... solely on the reason that they spend a lot of time outside the country; Mil...

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