Absence of Malice (1981)  Sir Paul Newman received a well deserved Oscar (as best actor) nomination for his Lead role in this movie - the best of men I say! The movie essentially says this to us: The absence of malice is what makes the difference as to whether a man is guilty of rape even if a woman is seeming to consent -  (no woman can in reality give consent to masochistic urges as they are inherently mentally unwell that have such tendencies to inflict or suffer such cruelties) - and therefore in all cases of what we call "tort" injuries - we look to the presence and degree of malicious intent both prima facie and otherwise apparent under the surface in order to determine guilt and the extent of it - in the harm caused a member of society by another of its own constituents. Simple negligence in carrying out ones duties is a different sort of an infraction in the minds of a reasonable man than would be so in the case of outward willingness and desire to do harm to someone - (without regard to justice). This movie drives that point home. Michael Rizzo Chessman moviesbyrizzo

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