Sentences with phrase «nightmare visions for»

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Plato's account of the slavish / tyrannical soul - type cultivated in the population by a tyrant would suggest that a darker vision of human failure than Hobbes» nightmare is possible: perpetual tyranny, with only dynasty changes possible for a population utterly debased in soul.

Unaware to the film, this nightmare could be a vision that Carmen, a self - described clairvoyant, passes along to Beth, suggesting in Freeway a temperament less on par with a collie than a bull terrier, the breed featured in Baxter, a 1989 French film, whose anthropomorphism is unusual for its anti-Disney idiosyncrasy of having an animal depict the baser side of man.

A young couple, Lisa Younger and Jared Vandenberg, escape the Los Angeles rat race for the quiet life in Joshua Tree, California but paranormal visions and voices quickly turn the house of their dreams into a house of nightmares.

It would have been easy for director Joshua Z. Weinstein to frame the strict religious rules that govern this community as some oppressive nightmare there only to be escaped from, but he's careful to offer a matter - of - fact vision of a highly regulated life.

He had a nightmare that night and awoke the next morning with the initial vision for LocoCycle.

Brazil (1985, Terry Gilliam): The corporate culture of the future tries to crush the dreams of clerk Jonathan Pryce, giving the great Gilliam a chance to use his gifts for satire and production design to create a nightmare vision of dehumanization.

With a tighter cut and a meatier presence for characters like Ben Foster's doomed to hang Philip Wills, Cooper's meandering nightmare vision of a terribly unenlightened time could have been great.

Inspired by lived experience, topics in her artwork include environmental illness, climate change, unemployment, the alienation of consumer culture, nuclear nightmares, body hate, cultural identity, visions for the future and global justice.

Gaudy Accents Though gold - plated crown molding or mosaic - tile backsplashes may feature prominently in your ideal vision for your home, they often turn out to be the average homebuyer's worst nightmare.