Sentences with phrase «cast create a mood»

Malick, director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki and the cast create a mood that lifts the viewer through the occasional head - scratching moments and into a place of serenity, where answers somehow seem in reach.

Not exact matches

Effortlessly moving from comedy to serious social comment, eliciting excellent performances from a large and perfectly selected cast, and making superb use of music both to create mood and comment on the action, Lee contrives to see both sides of each conflict without falling prey to simplistic sentimentality.

His string - heavy score and fixation with reflections and the spare light cast by a lonely street lamp create a mood that is familiar, yes, but fitting and welcome.

The movie's buoyant mood, created with the help of charismatic performances from a cast of Hong Kong superstars, belies its daringly experimental approach to film form.

There's a smorgasbord of titillating storylines here and for the first half of the film, Romanowsky's direction feels capable and confident, eliciting solid performances from her cast and creating a tense mood, edged with darkness (despite the frequent flashbacks, which were overdone and heavy - handed).