Sentences with phrase «extraordinary backdrop of»

The neutral decor and furnishings complement the extraordinary backdrop of ocean and beach with minimum fuss and a fine attention to detail.

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That backdrop makes his latest film all the more extraordinary, because Manuscripts Don't Burn is the most explicit critique of Iran's theocracy I've seen.

Nicholas Martin's screenplay could have been given the standard Hollywood biopic treatment, but in the hands of Frears, cinematographer Danny Cohen, composer Alexandre Desplat, production designer Alan MacDonald, and costume designer Consolata Boyle, the film presents 1940s New York in all its flashy glory, a heightened world suited to serve as backdrop to such an extraordinary — and sometimes painfully funny — story.

Setting the everyday details of life against extraordinary backdrops is something of a specialty for Johnson, who went to North Korea to research The Orphan Master's Son and ended up asking the sort of «verisimilitude questions» his minders had never heard before.

Set against the backdrop of one of the most emotionally charged periods in American history, The Last Pilot is a mesmerizing debut novel of loss and finding courage in the face of it from an extraordinary new talent.

Sail along this extraordinary coastline and encounter wildlife such as narwhal, arctic fox, polar bear and musk oxen, against a backdrop of awe - inspiring scenery.

Plus, you'll be paddling in full view of Arenal Volcano — an extraordinary backdrop for any visitor!

With its impressive range of facilities and space enough for all, the villa is perfect for family holidays and entertaining friends, while its extraordinary ocean backdrop and specially designed function lawns make Bayuh Sabbha the ultimate tropical wedding venue.

«We are incredibly excited about this unique collaboration between SFMOMA and the NPS and Parks Conservancy to present these extraordinary works of art to the widest audience possible, against such a fitting, historic, and striking backdrop.»

Playa del Carmen hotels offer visitors some pretty extraordinary backdrops, but perhaps the best feature of all is the charm spilling over within the boundaries of this old fishing village just south of Cancun.

Providing an impeccable backdrop of beachfront sophistication and unobstructed views of the Caribbean Sea, CuisinArt blends an extraordinary setting and incomparable services, making it an ideal location for a range of momentous events.

Micro Machines World Series combines the thrilling madness of racing micro vehicles with epic team battle strategies, set against the extraordinary interactive backdrops of the everyday home!

Micro Machines World Series is combines the thrilling madness of racing micro vehicles with epic team battle strategies, set against the extraordinary interactive backdrops of the everyday home!

And while the show isn't named with one of his wry monikers, it includes a tableau called Blue Backdrop for Minor Arts and the triptych, Ornament for Extraordinary Architecture, a reference to the Modern's building, designed by Tadao Ando, and to Mexican architect Luis Barragán's view that architecture should be emotional rather than the supposedly neutral space that contemporary museums have decided is their role.

With tension - building balance, those elements are painted on top of the grayish - blue backdrops of Extraordinary Architecture and another canvas in the Modern exhibit that is part of the installation, Composition with Fragments.

The project explores the slippery slope of memory as it considers the great debates of the 1960s amongst the likes of Marlon Brando, James Baldwin and William F. Buckley, and the extraordinary females performers, dance and singers from Josephine Baker to Dorothy Dandridge Abbey Lincoln whose voices both entertained us and provided the backdrop to our very lives.

The first part of your description is certainly true, I don't think the magnitude of the recent warming in the Arctic (including Greenland) is extraordinary (yet, but ask me again is a few years) when properly set against the backdrop of the last century, but I do believe that, at least to some degree, the warming of the Arctic (including Greenland) in recent years has resulted from an anthropogenic enhancement to the world's greenhouse effect.

Nestled on a lovely corner lot in Cedar cliff among a backdrop of evergreen trees you'll find an extraordinary home.