Sentences with phrase «operatic moments»

Unlike any other filmmaker, he worked in extremes — big, operatic moments and the smallest gestures, such as the lighting of a match — using huge, empty frames smashed together with shocking close - ups, dark frames punctured by squares of light, and silence broken by squeals of astonishing music.

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Without a true evocation of place, an insightful sculpting of character, or an appropriate level of respect for its audience, all attempts at crafting a fable of deconstruction are doomed to Caton - Jones's tired operatic pretensions and City by the Sea's dreadfully misplayed moments.

Visually exhilarating, with moments of gasp - inducing turns, «Infinity War» is the great, almost operatic showdown fans have been anticipating with every new title.

It's impossible from one moment to the next to understand what's going on in Once Upon a Time in Mexico beyond a vague sense of Rodriguez's irritation with Dubya's dystopia and a feeling — sometimes operatic, sometimes not — of loss and the will to vengeance.

Nutty as it was, however, «Only God Forgives» did have a few indelible moments (like Ryan Gosling dolefully submitting to getting his hands chopped off), and it suggested that Refn might just possess the operatic fearlessness to create a spellbinding horror film.

This piece, chronicling the operatic meeting on the wall in juxtaposition with drawings of two jugs representing the lovers, presents a key moment in Abramovic's legend.