Sentences with phrase «raw immediacy»

What did make this movie work was the sense of «being there,» of watching these characters go through what they think are grand plans for themselves (Wikus proud of getting promoted; Christopher thinking he's finally going to fix the mothership and escape) only for random chance, selfishness, and the raw immediacy of simple survival kick in and having them struggle from moment to moment against hostile forces (MNU, the human slumlords, there is no difference between those two groups exploiting the aliens).

Not exact matches

Trading slick visuals for grimy immediacy and raw, unflinching honesty, its lack of action set pieces makes the heartbreaking, socially conscious film hit that much harder.

The rudimentary direction works against the energy of the performances — the filmmakers and cameramen seem determined only to keep out of their way — and doesn't even give the viewer that sense of intimacy and raw, behind - the - scenes immediacy that the D.A. Pennebaker brings to Don't Look Back or Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Sharon Bar - Ziv's debut feature, shot over the course of five days after an intense period of rehearsals, strives for a handheld immediacy and raw emotional power that it only intermittently achieves.

The crude stitching, loose threads and raw edges achieve an immediacy and directness that is reminiscent of her drawings.

My early paintings sought to recreate the energy, color and immediacy of the landscapes... to convey a more raw «painterly» feeling within the image, rather than recording a particular scene or looking on from a distance.»

Nevelson has little concern for the immediacy of the American century, with its trust in raw experience, television, and the headlines.

While technically, every Fontana ceramic is a literal depiction of a battle scene, crucifixion, flowers, animals... these particular ceramic sculptures, in their dynamic immediacy, raw visceral quality, and hand - hewed gestures, generate a form that is as much an image as it is an abstract trace of the artist's process.

By soldering, blasting, cutting and fusing the metal before mounting it on wood panel, he created dramatic scapes of scorched surface and raw, sharp edge that confront the viewer with visceral immediacy.

I was attracted to the immediacy of popular images mixed with raw experience.

Raw brushstrokes on a physical and rough texture of a mixture bring a sense of immediacy and the combination of text and figures with her work to Jean - Michel Basquiat and Philip Guston.