Sentences with phrase «like poignance»

Jake is right to commend the allegorical power of these techniques, and I would also make mention of the Super-8 childhood flashbacks he uses to underscore a character's death, which is a welcome moment of Davies - like poignance amid such a brutal narrative.

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But toward the two - thirds mark, the characters have been beaten and broken in so many different ways that their struggles take on a desperate comic poignance, like something out of Buster Keaton or Chuck Jones.

Cole's recent book, Blind Spot, showcased his talent for wringing poignance from the concise juxtaposition of text and image, like his forerunner W.G. Sebald.