Sentences with phrase «for bleakness»

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RadioShack opted for unadulterated bleakness.

But «the reality of grief is the absence of God,» he noted, and we must guard against words offered «for self - protection, to pretty up a situation whose bleakness [we] simply [can not] face...» («My Son Beat Me to the Grave,» A.D., June 1983, p. 26).

Not since quarterly records began in 1955 has a double - dip recession lasted for nine months, underlining the bleakness of Britain's current position.

This series is perhaps closest to «The Hunger Games» in the bleakness of the world and grownups trying to use children for their own purposes.

Though its themes are so dark they seem to call for the invention of a new color, It Comes at Night does offer a few glimpses of levity and affection amid the unremitting bleakness.

Over recent years, the film noir genre has largely served as a reference point for filmmakers, who dress up their movies with snappy dialogue and / or complex, violent stories but neglect the genre's bleakness.

There were rumors that Trank was hoping to make PG - 13, summer - friendly body horror, and there are vestigial traces of that conception; it would have been better for the film to have gone all the way, for at least then the bleakness of tone would have felt like it had some actual purpose.

For all of the production problems, Fincher's vision is still eye - catching, with a roving camera, claustrophobic environs, gothic stylistics, and an overriding tone of bleakness and despair.

Biutiful represents something of a departure for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, even as it confirms the pervasive bleakness of his worldview.

If you are looking for a movie to help you escape the bleakness of the year, Toni Erdmann isn't exactly going to be it.

The bleakness (well supported by Bruno Delbonnel's bruised cinematography) feels invigorating for the Coens: While many of their successes, from Barton Fink through A Serious Man, bump up against existential dread, they've never made do with so little comic relief.

Performances are great, but for a film about emotions, the bleakness does not necessarily generate the heart - felt response it should.

However, these moments of bleakness are never held for too long, and there is always a powerful sense of hopefulness throughout.

Blade Runner 2049 is the cinematographer's third film with director Denis Villeneuve and, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Deakins explained the extent of the collaboration — designing the look of the world with the director, and even staying on set during postproduction to supervise visual - effects shots and ensure they maintained the spirit of bleakness he and Villeneuve had envisioned for the futuristic film.

If the shortcomings in this film's acting and script prevent you from suspending your disbelief for long enough to appreciate the bleakness of the atmosphere and story then try Threads instead.

His direction is measured, and he seems content for a quiet menace to develop that means his audience experiences the bleakness and negativity of his creation.

For «relative» comparison, «Frozen River», with all of it's bleakness, sparceness, & nuanced acting, wound up being one of my absolute favorite films of 2008.

The bleakness and desolation of space is effectively captured by Boyle, with a sparse and subdued electronic score, provided by Underworld, who previously scored for Boyle on Trainspotting, working with 28 Days Later's John Murphy.

Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage, and the rest of this remarkable cast share a common comic bleakness, as well as, shall we say, a proclivity for profanity.

In the brilliant «North Country,» a woman wonders if she can survive the frigid bleakness for the two years her postdoctoral fellowship requires, and in «Bone Density,» a writer turns a blind eye to her respected husband's many affairs while meeting her own lover in a cabin in the woods.

Amidst all the bleakness of Microsoft's ergonomic and totally - the - wrong - color keyboards and Google's lipstick - on - a-pig websites, here finally was a company that understood what I had left behind at New College and was now blindly stumbling about for.

For over half a century, Foulkes» singular voice has been continuously seeking, exposing, and re-telling the beauty and bleakness of the American cultural landscape.

Committed to figurative painting at a time when it was out of favor with critics and collectors, Steers nonetheless gained appreciation for his expressionist - realist narratives of a life shadowed by isolation and mortality, yet infused with wry humor, camp, and what Steers himself called, a «gorgeous bleakness.»

But for any laid - off lawyer today who looks ahead and sees only bleakness, Pynchon's story provides reason to hope.

alana... those that caused this situation r winning if they become aware of your «bleakness»... do nt give them that power over u... u r the better person... id like to c them stand up for a friend like u did!!!