Sentences with phrase «heightened by frame»

Not exact matches

The appeal of the film is manifold - its serenity as The American meticulously goes about his craft; the paucity of dialogue that heightens its few action sequences when they do occur; a superb ensemble of actors led by Clooney that also includes Violante Placido (Clara), Thekla Reuten (assassin), Johan Leysen (controller), and Paolo Bonacelli (as a local town priest); the artistic framing of the film by director Anton Corbijn both in its interiors and the long shots of the Italian settings; and simply the story's uncertainty that grips one from its very beginning.

Through much of the film, Fanny seems to have stepped off a canvas, an effect heightened by the way she is continually posed in the frames of doorways, windows, and mirrors, the colors in her outfits harmonizing foreground and background.

This feeling is only heightened by the film's framing device, the conversation between FBI agent Wesley Doyle (the late Powers Boothe) and Fenton, the killer's son (played by Matthew McConaughey) who narrates much of the film, with it feeling like it's going to also double as a serial killer origin story, albeit one with a big twist that we think we can see coming a mile off.

That Gustave's portion of the film is framed in an aspect ratio of 1.37:1 (the standard of decades gone by) only heightens the idiosyncratic nature of the picture, a tactic sure to please fans and alienate most everyone else.