Not exact matches
We do not miss the loyalty of David's mercenary troops (15: 19 - 21); the narrator's conviction of the mature quality of David's faith (15:25 f.; 16:12); the essential gentleness of David in these most wretched hours (16:5 - 14); the brilliant, carnal symbol of Absalom's irrevocable usurpation (16:20 - 22) and its portentous recall of the David - Nathan encounter (II 12:11 - 12); the arch Old Testament realist, the remarkable pragmatist Ahitophel (17: 1 - 23); Joab, who always acts like Joab (18:10 - 15; 19:1 - 7; 20A - 13); David's pathetic concern, implicit throughout, for the defiant son (18:1 - 5); the moving grief of a father's utter brokenness in the loss of his son (18:33); the reassertion in this critical time of the old and always fundamental north - south cleavage (19:11,41 - 43); David's profound and probably chronic annoyance with the crude, brash, «muscular» ways of Joab and his brothers, the sons of Zeruiah (16:10; 19:22; see also 3:34 b; 3:38 f.); and finally, in a kind of pausal summary
before the last
scene of David's reign in I Kings 1 - 2, the statement of David's very modest bureaucracy (20:23 - 26; cf. the extensive elaboration of this
structure under Solomon, I Kings 4:1 ff.).
«It was amazing to realize that long
before Rivers even opened,
before the slot machines and table games were rolled in, even
before the company broke ground on the
structure, the Hotel Trades Council was working behind the
scenes to ensure that I could join a union without fear of management retaliation, and that my job would be a great job,» commented Table Games Dealer Messiah Pompey.
I would be cheating my own rules for this annual exercise if I were to crown Howards End as my film of the year - I have in fact seen it many, many times
before and loved it for a long time (although never
before was I able to enjoy the finesse of its narrative
structure, and admire its sumptuous mise - en -
scene and art direction - actually delivered on a shoestring budget - on a big screen).
All the film's allusions to power
structures, dominant ideologies and seismic social change are engaged in this one crucial
scene, which re-frames everything that has come
before.
Leung even said that he believed he had to watch the film until the 9th time
before he would be done, because he watched the first time for what
scenes were removed, the second time for his own expressions, the third time or other actors» performance, the fourth time for the story
structure, the fifth time for costumes and sets, the sixth to the ninth time he would finally consider in depth what director Wong Kar - wai wanted to say.
These sections are usually
structured in the same format: starting with a cinematic
scene, then moving to an «escape room»
before moving on to a decision.