Sentences with phrase «genre tradition»

Part of the show's success lies in its absolute mastery of genre tradition and form.
(The notion of a German bounty hunter in the Old West only makes sense, I think, in relation to the several spaghetti western roles played by German actor Klaus Kinski; the surname of Django's wife pays homage to blaxploitation hero John Shaft, a rather brilliant means of bridging the gap between the far - reaching genre traditions that Tarantino loves).
There's also a lamentable genre tradition, however, that the crew normally has one token minority character who's treated in a somewhat patronizing manner.
It's the only viable approach to the Captain John Smith / Pocahontas story in a minefield of debris strewn by not only our Western genre tradition, but also our newer guilt at how American Indians have been (and continue to be) portrayed in our culture: the most bestial, savage notions of the Natural have come around to their personification as an unsullied, Edenic embodiment of an impossibly harmonious nature.
Fukua is a palette swap of an existing character and a throwback to a familiar, time - honored fighting genre tradition.
Enter Indecisive Emma, an off - putting variation of Emma who is gung - ho to be unhappy and necessary, in the grandly obnoxious genre tradition, to keep the two of them apart.
Kudos, then, to producer / star Natalie Portman and director Gavin O'Connor (Pride and Glory, Warrior) for keeping their sights steady and delivering a handsome post-Civil War western that's enamoured of genre traditions even as it offers a revisionist riff.
I'm going with Jia Zhangke, who seamlessly blended his long - take, not quite realist visual style into wuxia genre traditions while retaining, amplifying even, the sense of social and political outrage.
Insane, the upcoming horror title from Volition and filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, looks to be going against genre tradition a bit.
As the struggle with Voldemort suggests, the premise of the story is allegorical — good / light against evil / dark — with obvious revivals of the genre traditions of British heroic legend and medieval romance, even though the films have modern elements.
«Room» could be put alongside small cinematic gems like «Lars and the Real Girl» or «Take Shelter», films that defy their genre traditions and become cult classics.
While it is easy to see precedents for these paintings — Fairfield Porter, Jane Freilicher, Lois Dodd, and Alex Katz — the paintings are distinctly singular; in a genre tradition, but certainly not generic.
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