Sentences with phrase «cumulative power»

And yet... and yet... despite all this, the film has an undeniable cumulative power.

Perhaps Barth is wordy, but the sheer cumulative power of his thought is magnificent.

And given that the film doesn't spend much time on the repercussions of each spill of data, the only feeling of cumulative power gained by the nascent group comes from what we're told out of the mouths of the characters, rather than any context provided on screen.

However, this very cumulative power has the unfortunate secondary effect of presenting everything Barth said as if it were an equally significant and necessary part of the whole.

Endings sometimes get the edge in The A.V. Club's annual search for the best scene of the year (see: the final minutes of Whiplash or Phoenix, which we singled out in 2014 and 2015, respectively), and that's because they carry the full, cumulative power of everything leading up to them.

Given the cumulative power of private property, justice does not result from the competitive interplay of acquisitive individuals.

Still, none of these patterns evolved through «blind mechanism» — in every case, they must be traced finally to the cumulative power of subjective aims.

The cumulative power of scientific thinking has vindicated itself many times over in the course of human investigations into reality.

Even though from the outset The Grand Budapest Hotel announces itself as a jolly trifle, its cumulative power catches you daydreaming.

Even so, the cumulative power of «One Mississippi» is almost breathtaking, given where it starts.

There's a cumulative power, a headlong rush, in watching one vignette segue into another, the viewer trying to make connections between seemingly dissimilar American portraits.

But the way the film's story is gradually pieced together through extended flashbacks offers a cumulative power that's finally extremely moving and teasingly free of easy resolution.

Émond's film is remarkable in its unflinching and realistic portrayal of the cumulative power of depression.

Brad Pitt is solid as Jesse James, but it's Casey Affleck «s wide - eyed, raw - nerved Robert Ford that gives the film its cumulative power.

But the way the film's story is gradually pieced together through extended flashbacks offers a cumulative power that's finally extremely moving and free of easy resolution.

But to dismiss it as the sum of its concept is to ignore the richness of its characters, the depth of its performances (by Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke, and newcomers Ellar Coltrane and Lorelai Linklater), and the cumulative power of its storytelling.

Still, that doesn't diminish the cumulative power of the first part of the movie, as the three heroes steadily coalesce into a roaring, collective blast of thunder.

A gift of $ 50 or $ 100 may not seem like much, but the cumulative power of such gifts can be transformative, she says.

Last but not the least, what has really worked is the cumulative power of our team that continuously works towards customer delight.

An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a tragedy refuse to subside.

Other works include installations by Hans - Peter Feldmann and Tomoko Takahashi, which both highlight the cumulative power of photographs; a sound piece by Stephen Vitiello that layers barking dogs and firework explosions; and a film of drifting soap bubbles by Rivane Neuenshwander and Cao Guimarães that realizes the abstract forms of atmospheric conditions.

The paintings wend their way around the corners and recesses of the gallery without gaining cumulative power.