Sentences with phrase «witness real drama»

I believed audiences were ready to witness real drama and real tragedy, as it happens every day in every land; real love and real hatred of real men and women who were proud of their passions.

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Last week I had the opportunity to go backstage at Netflix's Silicon Valley headquarters in Los Gatos, Calif. to witness the real - time launch of the second season of House of Cards, the streaming company's Emmy - winning political drama.

She got it quickly but cried so much (she is a real drama queen) and unfortunately by then my 2 year old son witnessed this and thinks potty training is horrible.

The plot here is entirely predictable but as with Ozu's family dramas the real meat is in the film's visual aesthetic and cultural context, at once captured most intensely during a scene where Teresa witnesses a financial crisis - related suicide with all the suddenness of an Alfonso Cuaron action sequence and Chen captures her jaded shock by shooting her from low angles through light - heavy filters.

«Witness for the Prosecution» (1957, Billy Wilder) From the famous Agatha Christie short story, Billy Wilder expertly fashions one of the screen's trickiest trial - drama / murder mysteries — with Charles Laughton as the wily, wheelchair - bound barrister, his real - life wife Elsa Lanchester as his long - suffering nurse, and Tyrone Power and Marlene Dietrich as the incendiary couple caught up in a legendary triple - reverse surprise ending.

On your more general point (realism of court - room dramas) the most striking difference between TV and real life (from my single experience) was that the entire court process was far more geared around the jury than is (usually) depicted on TV: witnesses are directed to talk TO the jury (not to the barristers or judge); we were encouraged to indicate to the judge if at any time we were uncertain, or «uncomfortable» for any reason (e.g. because of the nature of the evidence, or simply if we needed the toilet).