Sentences with phrase «for emotional resonance»

Younger artists like Henri de Toulouse - Lautrec and Paul Gauguin prompted him to use color symbolically and for its emotional resonance.

These fanciful elements add to the realistic richness of Iris's memories; their magical features stand in for the emotional resonance of events that deeply imprint the family beyond the scope of one generation.

The film missteps in going there at all, but Ruffalo's gift for emotional resonance stands him in good stead.

Instead, the film plays connect - the - plot - dots in following Maud's journey into activism, but fails to exploit its opportunities for emotional resonance.

For emotional resonance, there was Van (Zazie Beetz), ostensibly Earn's best friend and on - again / off - again girlfriend, but also the mother of his baby daughter and someone always telling him he needed to wake up and be responsible.

But at least it's an unusual approach to the genre, offering a twisted retelling of a legend while aiming for some emotional resonance along with the usual violent nastiness.

Every word was scored for its emotional resonance by 50 different native speakers.

Not exact matches

I'm tempted to launch into a whole feminist analysis of how a female figure must always be sacrificed (or sacrifice herself) in order for the male hero to succeed in his quest, but my reaction to such narratives has taken on a different kind of emotional resonance now that I have a son.

More praise for the yummy stuff resulted from brain researcher Todd Parrish of Northwestern University in 2009, when he examined functional magnetic resonance images of gum chewers and found increased activity in areas of the brain associated with memory and emotional responses.

Espaillat added: «Bruce's Garden has been a valued space in our community for over 40 years, and holds special emotional resonance as a memorial.

But instead, the median emotional resonance of words falls well into positive territory for every corpus from every language tested.

A recent study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to compare the brain networks activated by the PASAT and SDMT, with the hypothesis that the more complex PASAT would activate greater involvement of regions associated with executive function and emotional stress.6 The study enrolled 17 healthy right - handed volunteers and evaluated each with versions of the PASAT and SDMT adapted for use with fMRI.

As Manuela, the mother of a deceased teen son, Roth's restrained yet palpable grief infused Manuela's strange search for the birth father with emotional resonance, anchoring Almodóvar's story of redefined families and female resilience.

But it doesn't quite hit its target in providing an emotional resonance or political relevance for today.

** out of **** «The Tree» is a perfect example of a movie that has all the necessary materials - an appealing set - up that promises emotional resonance and overwhelming warmth, a strong starring performance from a well - respected actor / actress, and an almost outlandish sense of care for the setting of choice.

Yet for all that, the real emotional resonance is due exclusively to Lawrence, who moves through the film with an urgent determination that brings a visceral reality to even the most far - fetched of situations.

The Sakaar scenes feel like a natural extension of Waititi's work thus far, from Flight of the Conchords to What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople — whimsy, with a healthy dash of emotional resonance.

However, Anderson's film skewers the idea of using other cultures for self - actualisation, while finding deep emotional resonance in the natural vibrancy of its setting.

The combination of technical dazzle and emotional resonance has put it on the fast track to taking home awards for most of the whopping 14 categories it's nominated for — and the Best Picture statuette is basically its to lose.

Moretz ends up going on a rampage for the climax like the Dark Phoenix from X-Men: The Last Stand with arms held out and eyes in «looks could kill» mode, but lacks the emotional resonance of Spacek's trance - like turn, in which her powers unleashed came as a shock, but with an overriding sense of tragedy; Moretz is shown practicing her skills extensively during several scenes, which makes her revenge seem much more calculated and evil.

The increasing, unsettling pandemonium seems to be for its own sake, for shock value only, with little at stake, and little emotional resonance.

And at the same time, that love triangle actually achieves some emotional resonance — not because the filmmakers agonize over who's most «right» for Katniss, but because she and her two would - be suitors are each fighting for what means something and is important to them.

Though she isn't in the film long, McAdams leaves such an indelible impression through her performance that it gives Southpaw the needed emotional resonance to give all of the rest of the scenes that play out a good deal of weight, as we root for Billy, not because we see him as sympathetic, but because she believed he was a good man underneath his thuggish tendencies.

An adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Never Let Me Go is a drama that reaches for a strong emotional resonance, but feels cold at times.

Encounters remains the perfect prototype for the true Spielberg formula: primal fear, emotional resonance, and a sense of earned awe.

While the heavyhandedness may affect the overall emotional resonance, it doesn't affect the anger it inspires regarding the criminal act that took place, nor does it affect my admiration for the terrific work done by Coogler, Jordan, Melonie Diaz, and Octavia Spencer.

It's an impressive technical achievement dragged down by a script that doesn't achieve the intended emotional resonance, either for its characters or for its topical but heavy - handed political message.

There's little doubt that Chloe initially doesn't fare quite as well as one might've hoped, as the film moves at precisely the sort of glacial pace that Egoyan has become known for - with the lack of emotional resonance among the various characters essentially perpetuating the cold, almost clinical atmosphere.

The result is a film that's pleasant enough but never achieves the level of emotional resonance that Marr was aiming for.

In the case of Wonderstruck, a gloriously tender PG - rated search for the truth, family and friendship, he has crafted a heartfelt nugget of regret and awe that's overflowing in emotional resonance.

SPECIAL JURY MENTION MY HAPPY FAMILY (d: Nana Ekvtimishvili, Simon Gross, Georgia / Germany / France 2017) JURY STATEMENT: For their deft handling of a large ensemble cast, for their approach to a subversively feminist story within a patriarchal culture, and for their ability to capture emotional chaos with depth, grace, and resonance, we present a Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy FamiFor their deft handling of a large ensemble cast, for their approach to a subversively feminist story within a patriarchal culture, and for their ability to capture emotional chaos with depth, grace, and resonance, we present a Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy Famifor their approach to a subversively feminist story within a patriarchal culture, and for their ability to capture emotional chaos with depth, grace, and resonance, we present a Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy Famifor their ability to capture emotional chaos with depth, grace, and resonance, we present a Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy Famifor Excellence in Direction to Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross for My Happy Famifor My Happy Family.

Stuff happened, and some of it was probably important... it just didn't have any emotional resonance for me.

Critically, women are more often appreciated for beautiful language and emotional resonance, not for their Big Ideas or for having a balls - to - the - wall sort of style... and I'll be honest and say that some of my motivation stems from determination to beat the boys at this game.

«Music allowed us to tell listeners that one story was over and give them that moment of resonance when they could wrap up the story in their head, feel its emotional effect, and get ready for the next vignette,» explains executive producer Claudia Howard.

The new Gears of War 2 launch trailer is no «Last Day,» which in turn is no «Mad World,» but what it lacks in emotional resonance it more than makes up for in explosions.

Yes, it is linear, and it isn't going to have the emotional resonance of The Last of Us, but simply for the effort of trying to give you an actual story is commendable to its creators.

What it lacks in difficulty, it more than makes up for in emotional resonance — something too seldom experienced in modern gaming.

Traditionally, this means that the emotional and intellectual resonance that is experienced at the end of the game is little more than a simple justification and pat on the back for saving the world, the girl, or yourself.

Kremen values these often decomposing scraps of paper for their unique color, texture, and emotional resonance: «I hunt out unduplicable papers,» he has said, «experienced papers, papers that have been in sun, in rain, in dust, in snows, covered with the dirt of the city.»

For many African Americans in particular, this image has tremendous emotional resonance.

Loading... About the Artists Known for their collaboration with Jade Gordon in the Los Angeles - based My Barbarian, Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade also produce work as a duo, exploring the emotional resonance of song.

Her initial representational painting would be done from life, out in the open air, then she would take the canvas home to her studio and work over it so that it took on an emotional resonance — something she described as: «that memory or dream thing I do that for me comes nearer reality than my objective kind of work».6 She painted on canvas with a very fine weave and coated it with a special primer to make the surface extremely smooth, blending one colour into the next, making sure that the brushstrokes were invisible.

The plight of these would - be colonists of Mars is heard on a 12 - speaker installation by this artist with a rare ear for the melancholy emotional resonance and sculptural solidity of sound.

Whether through painting, drawing, sculpture, video, or other media, contemporary artists have drawn on the centuries - old tradition to create works of conceptual vivacity, beauty, and emotional poignancy in the present time.Structured according to the classical categories of the still - life tradition — Flora, Food, House and Home, Fauna, and Death, each chapter in Michael Petry's book explores how the timeless symbolic resonance of the memento mori, has been rediscovered for a new millennium.

Her latest album Metals — noted for its stripped - down beauty and emotional resonance — was released to critical acclaim in 2011.

Sarah Braman, widely recognized for her large - scale sculptures that serve as monuments to everyday life, is interested in the interplay between sensory experience and emotional resonance.

His inspiration for the Lynch Fragments, abstract configurations welded together and meant to hang at eye height, composed of objects such as spikes, chains, scissors, hooks, and blades, comes directly from the tactile and emotional resonance found in the subject.

Cleve Gray explored abstract gestures, color and emotional resonance, renouncing figurations, and was known for his large - scale sweeps of calligraphy - inspired marks.

Prepare for a wave of gestural paintings, which are filled with emotional and material resonance, to catch your eye as you step into Victoria Miro.

For most couples, the matrimonial home represents the largest asset they jointly own, and has deep emotional resonance as the place where a marriage began, the place where children have grown up, and the place where memories are collected.