Sentences with phrase «odd dramatic device»

Whereas most of Happy Together consists of Liu - fai and Ho - ping's dance of devotion and rejection, most of In the Mood for Love is given over to Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su's dance of longing and fear, interestingly refracted through an odd dramatic device: each one playacts the role of the other's spouse, in order to understand the affair, or possibly (intentionally?