Whereas the prestige MGM films of the period are characterized by low contrast, brightly lit scenes and subtle soft focus, «Spellbound» adds extra layers of shadows and abstract patterns; and sharper detail, with a peculiar glow around the actors: characters glow
with hypnotic power, as though the film stock was imbued with the luminescence of fine lead crystal.
Not exact matches
In our generation there is danger and hope — danger that these noncognitive accouterments will lose their aesthetic harmony and
hypnotic power when integrated
with the basic prehensions of science, and be reverted into impotent and empty symbols, jarring, ugly, and without force in final satisfactions: hope that the
power of Jesus as lure will reassert itself in an aesthetic context devoid of supernaturalism, a context such that (the language now picks up echoes of van Buren) the vision of Jesus, the free man, free from authority, free from fear, «free to give himself to others, whoever they were «1 — such that this vision in its earthly, human purity will lure our aims to a harmonious concrescence, integrating scientific insight and moral vision and producing a modern, intensely fulfilling human satisfaction.
Both men have far more to do than initially meets the eye, their expressive, multifaceted performances building in passion,
power and urgency in
hypnotic parallel
with the film itself.
Victorious in this opening round, Strucker is apprehended and the scepter is retrieved, but not before the team tangles
with Pietro's super-speed and Wanda's
hypnotic powers of telepathy and telekinesis that leave Hawkeye (Jeremey Renner) seriously wounded.
Chris (played by Daniel Kaluuya) is ultimately able to escape from his captors — and their
hypnotic powers — by stuffing his ears
with small bunches of cotton.
It's incredibly easy to fall into a
hypnotic rhythm
with the R500, scaling the
power - curve and descending again on the way into corners, bit - by - bit using more revs, feeling that unbelievable zing at the top end, edging the car sideways when the road opens out and occasionally indulging in another manic two - or three - gear lunge just to make sure all that
power is still present and correct.
Hypnotic views of the canyon ease you into a deep sense of tranquillity while nurturing therapies, drawing on the rejuvenating
power of indigenous products and fresh herbs, leave you soothed, refreshed and at one
with the world.