Sentences with phrase «more obvious metaphor»

Unfortunately, the more obvious metaphor of de-construction captivated the avant - garde power structure, especially in Germany.

Not exact matches

There is, of course, no structural reason for the stage in terms of narrative — Melanie Oliver's editing is, after all, more responsible for the film's allegro tempo than Wright's staging — but as a metaphor for the aristocratic world wherein the majority of the film takes place, it has some appreciated if obvious bite (Wright ensures his intentions by juxtaposing natural environments when Levin returns to his home in the country).

Many argue for the more obvious theory that the creature is a metaphor for sexually transmitted diseases, given that the curse that attracts it to victims is passed on via sex.

As he edges further and further from the church he'd once cocooned himself in, Toller sees his body degrade more rapidly, an obvious but effective metaphor for the miserable state of the world.

For this sad but ultimately optimistic tale of estranged brothers reuniting under strained, phony circumstances, Anderson, Coppola, and Schwartzman set up a literal scenario to showcase the old metaphor that life is a journey, and while some of that theme gets blatantly obvious near the somewhat problematic end, the journey of the film itself more than compensates.

The Nash equilibrium, once it is explained, sounds obvious, but by formulating the problem of economic competition in the why that he did, Nash showed that a decentralized decision making process could, in fact, be coherent — giving economics an updated, far more sophisticated version of Adam Smith's great metaphor of the Invisible Hand.

If the metaphors seem obvious, Cotton is enjoying it all as much as the next guy — or, more likely, a good deal more.