Sentences with phrase «combination of elements whose»

His practical, almost incidental approach to materials deliberately draws together an unsuspected combination of elements whose forms produce a surprising jumble of art historical, political and cultural references.

Not exact matches

It's just the right combination of elements: Humphrey Bogart's cynical Rick, whose heart always goes out to the underdog, Ingrid Bergman's lovely and brave Ilsa, and the rogue's gallery of shrieking weasel Peter Lorre, crooked official Claude Rains, and charming slug Sidney Greenstreet.

But what made Levy's ascension so highly symbolic was its unique combination of all the elements of urban school drama: a mayor whose desire to wrest control from the city's elected school board was long voiced; a city fed up with failure on a grand scale and in the long term; a competition between city hall and school leadership to pass the blame; and the realization, finally, that a system the size of a Fortune 500 company might be better led by someone with the skills of a Fortune 500 executive.

And while there certainly are movies whose deft combination of every element (acting, directing, set design etc) designates them a masterpiece, for me personally, I have a few movies which are masterpieces to me because of a single memorable scene.