Sentences with phrase «hallucinatory sequences»

There are a couple of hallucinatory sequences that don't quite work, and the score by Paul Mills comes swooping in, insistent upon being inspirational in a way that feels like unnecessary underlining.

Brigitte Lin's descent into madness, in particular, is beautifully rendered by both the actress and the filmmaker; at one point, she seduces Cheung's Ouyang in a hallucinatory sequence in which identity seems to become mutable and unstable, an effect established mostly through simple but superbly elegant editing.

Not exact matches

Rudolph frequently seemed to be Altman, with his fascination with tiny budgets, favorite cast members, quirky intra-personal character relationships, surrealistic set - piece sequences, and improvisational (if not hallucinatory) plotlines.

Suffused with fantastical elements, dreamlike sequences and hallucinatory images, A Fantastic Woman stars Daniela Vega, a trans actress, and her performance roots the film in a kind of intimate verisimilitude.

It's telling that the film only truly comes alive in a hallucinatory near - death experience, rendering Ellen's surreal existence visually for one brief sequence.

Only Cundey asserting himself now and again (particularly in a masterful ménage a trios sequence shot in hallucinatory slow - motion) grants The Witch Who Came from the Sea its lingering cult status.

The film works on multiple levels — as a supernatural thriller (though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby's eyes), as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy, and as the last word in marital betrayal, since the most despicable villain here is surely Guy, who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role.

Though a straightforward mono mix, «Thirst» has some marvelous sound design that particularly pays off during a hallucinatory «conversion» sequence of sorts, with wild sound effects by mixer Peter Fenton that beautifully intermesh with Brian May's excellent orchestral score.

It dares to cut between hallucinatory dance routines and torture sequences as if the two normally work side by side.

Originally commissioned for the Hayward Gallery exhibition, «Spellbound», which marked a century of cinema in Britain, Rego was inspired by the hallucinatory dance sequences of the famous Disney film — but her works are surely also a homage to Degas» dancers.

The images within the sequence jump from micro to macro, day to nigh, and as such Rio is a hallucinatory space that explores the psychology of Brazil at a particular moment in its history, recognising how the behaviour, signs and surfaces map out the locations political history.

[16] Her first series of large - scale, sometimes more than 30 ft - long canvas paintings, [17] Infinity Nets, were entirely covered in a sequence of nets and dots that alluded to hallucinatory visions.

The thirty - two - year - old painter creates site - specific work, letting his paintings complete the architecture of their venue with sequences of canvases that result in hallucinatory effects.

The hallucinatory dream sequences represented by these two rooms complement the fanciful, street - savvy urban imagery of many of the large panel paintings on view elsewhere in the show.