On paper this sounds theoretical — more The American Scholar than «Tell all the truth and tell it slant» — but Davies is constitutionally incapable of making something so dry, and in addition to his trademark romanticism, A Quiet Passion also
possess more wit than any other movie this year, save perhaps for Love and Friendship.
Not exact matches
What unfolds is
more or less a battle of
wits between the quick -
witted prisoners who have limited resources to employ, and their captors, who
possess seemingly unlimited resources but are cautious to use them immediately.
Visually, the exhibitions could not be
more different, and yet In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 — 1976
possesses a satirical
wit similar in spirit to that of the Belgian master.
Kent always knew
more about any topic than I did, and he
possessed a finely edged
wit.