Sentences with phrase «melodramatic scenes»

One of the great exponents of Romanticism, the 19th century English painter, illustrator and mezzotint engraver John Martin, achieved huge popular acclaim with his history painting (more accurately, historical landscape painting) featuring melodramatic scenes of apocalyptic events taken from the Bible and other mythological sources.

Robinson, 66, is known for his figurative, melodramatic scenes of desire inspired by covers of 1940s pulp paperbacks, as well as his ongoing over-sized still - life subjects of food, pharmaceutical products and stacks of cash.

There are melodramatic scenes that punch up the fear and loathing of the woman by people who do not want publicity suggesting that Orlando, the owner of a printing establishment, would have an affair with such a «pervert» Melodramatic incidents include a demand by Orland's son that she vacate the apartment, leave the beloved dog with the son, and simply get out of their lives.

He is both intense and vulnerable, and some of the most melodramatic scenes have poignancy to them because of his performance.

Condon seems reluctant to cut a single moment from the venerable musical - theater warhorse, and the endless deluge of big, melodramatic scenes and show - stopping production numbers quickly proves exhausting.

On DVD, the Farrellys provide audio commentary for the film and 11 deleted scenes, ranging from seconds - long sight gags to longish, well - developed segments (some were cut because the film had built up too many melodramatic scenes back to back, the Farrellys note).

There's also a melodramatic scene where Gale can't help but feel sorry for himself and notes that Katniss only kisses him when he's in pain.

Director Nat Faxon as waterworks employee Roddy, and Director Jim Rash as a nerdy concessionaire at a booth «nobody goes to,» join in with the spirit of the occasion, the big melodramatic scene occurring when Duncan accuses his mom's boyfriend of sleeping with the much younger Joan (Amanda Peet).

Not exact matches

As Jonas Barish points out in his sharply observed monograph The Anti «Theatrical Prejudice (1981), terms such as theatrical, operatic, melodramatic, and stagey tend to be hostile or belittling, as do phrases like play «acting, putting on an act, making a scene, making a spectacle of oneself, playing to the gallery, and so forth.

It's a stirring sequence that's heightened by Holbrook's engaging, downright poignant performance, with the film's compulsively watchable atmosphere perpetuated by the initial scenes set within the past - as Lawrence does a nice job of infusing such moments with a melodramatic and suitably old - fashioned feel that proves impossible to resist.

To counter the heady and slow - moving debut film, director and co-writer Nicholas Meyer fashioned a high - spirited naval adventure with Ricardo Montalban delivering an all - time melodramatic villain performance and battle scenes energized by James Horner's ringing score.

Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, Phantom Thread, a portrait of a fictional fashion designer in the couture scene of 1955 London, indulges in similar revels, placing the film firmly in the tradition of the melodramatic women's pictures of the 1940s: it's filled with achingly vivid close - ups (Anderson also shot the film) of shining colored threads, needles piercing thick fabric, rough - edged hand - sewn labels, intricate lace patterns, and rich cloth falling in sculptural folds.

The screenplay Bryan Sipe actually skips over the scene of Gabby revealing her affair to Ryan, which might at least have provided a bit of melodramatic heft to the story.

This is a wordy film — the characters often have long melodramatic lines, with many of the scenes heavy in text and thin in action.

What connects these stories is Kristen Stewart, a former assistant of Bobby's uncle, who walks into the New York club one day like a ghost from the past, a scene as melodramatic as it sounds.

It has a melodramatic, overwrought tone, some of the acting (especially by Bill Travers) is really bad, & despite the desire to decry racism, some scenes do have a racist edge the the contemporary eye.

There are repeated melodramatic «Oscar bait» scenes of McConaughey delivering teary - eyed, stirring (read: booooooring) solo speeches about inequality in the most manipulative manner possible — and our audience ate it up.

It is not a sex scene nor is it a melodramatic outburst of emotion.

It's his ability to make music that compliments a scene rather than eclipse it that has made him an invaluable creative partner to filmmakers who work in such intense melodramatic registers, and Burwell is emphatic that his scores aren't responsible for all of the emotional heavy - lifting.

And in that final scene, what happens should be a cliché; it should just be melodramatic overload.

The moment, so weakly melodramatic that Violet would likely roll her eyes at it, lacks the fluid self - awareness that Wells does an able job of capturing in the more tightly confined scenes (especially in the play's infamous dinner scene).

Spoils doesn't just ape and parody melodramatic»70s television, but all sorts of gimmickry (one scene is in 3D and the first episode is preceded by a half dozen of made - up technical format acknowledgements) and egomaniacal storytellers (Jonrosh kind of resembles Francis Ford Coppola at the height of his vision and power).

Lesley Barber's score is overly melodramatic, domineering over scenes that would benefit more from less obvious accompaniment or none at all.

There are plot conveniences and melodramatic writing to spare in this first novel, but it also offers a rip - roaring adventure and steamy romance scenes, along with a relationship that teens will root for as much as they did for Bella and Edward.

Like FFIX, it starts on a more lighthearted note after the opening scenes, and it tries to show more than just the melodramatic side to a character.

Sure, the scene direction is fine, but even Final Fantasy X — a title I consistently bash for mediocre characters, melodramatic dialogue, and poor scene direction — had me emotionally invested in the ending.

It's blatantly a yuri game, meant to focus on the sexuality and romance between its exclusively all - female cast members; its melodramatic story is literally full of wide - eyed, busty beauties and all the other usual cliches and tropes that are associated with the genre — gratitous camera angles, swimming pool scenes, unlockable skimpy swimsuit costumes, crazy combos and flashy animations, etc..

The experience condenses a movie trope, in melodramatic kung - fu scenes, and gives you control over all of the excitement with nary a learning curve.

Oh, and the «Dawn will come» scene was perhaps the most overwrought, melodramatic, eye rolling scene put in to a game since (pick a scene) Metal Gear Solid 4.

Opening with a brilliantly melodramatic cut scene («Is this really what has become of my brother?»)

The exhibition will include Levinthal's series of photographs of toy cowboys and soldiers created at Yale, on view for the first time since his thesis exhibition, along with photographs from his well - known Modern Romance series in which he used isolated tiny doll figurines to create melodramatic mises - en - scene reminiscent of Edward Hopper paintings and film noir.

For ten years, Los Angeles artist Alex Prager has staged imaginary scenes for her camera — dream worlds in Technicolor, rife with tension and melodramatic fictions.

From Corcoran Gallery: For ten years, Los Angeles artist Alex Prager has staged imaginary scenes for her camera — dream worlds in Technicolor, rife with tension and melodramatic fictions.

This one, inspired by a scene from a melodramatic European film, married the rouged lips of the model (one of the artist's friends) with the deep red of the bier - like surface she lies upon.