The virtues essentially stop with the shot design and the work of Edward Norton (himself being a sort of walking meta joke, as his character arrives on scene and immediately begins armchair directing and taking control, something for which Norton himself has been infamous on set), and while the other actors are fine, they do not manage to separate themselves as anything other than puppets for Inarritu's agenda, who
looms over every frame like some petulant child with a grudge and a budget that allowed him to force his opinions on an unwitting public.
Not exact matches
President Barack Obama, balancing his blueprint to recalibrate the nation's economy against a
looming confrontation with Republicans
over federal spending, will use the issue of education to help
frame the budget debate.
This psychology is intensified through the formal
framing of the men within the rectangular bounds of the canvas, as well as through the repeated insertion of jet black birds that witness the violent matches and aftermath of each battle, predatorily
looming over the turbulent scenes.
Bound by the physical parameters of her 12 - harness floor
loom, she weaves, by hand, a graphically driven pattern, which is then stretched
over a traditional wooden
frame before having acrylic paint embedded onto each thread.
I absolutely adore the pieces of fabric stretched out
over the embroidery
looms /
frames; very effective and positively gorgeous.