Sentences with phrase «wordless opening sequence»

Principally its focus is the fraught yet tender relationship between working - class father Roy (Michael Shannon) and his unusually gifted eight - year - old son Alton (Jaeden Lieberher), who set a course for an unspecified (and possibly unknown) destination during a suspenseful, near wordless opening sequence.

Consider the reunion sequence in Punch - Drunk Love that finds Shelley Duvall singing Harry Nilsson on the soundtrack while Anderson rocks the camera like a baby in a cradle, or the wordless opening sequence of There Will Be Blood, with Jonny Greenwood's terrifying, Kubrick - ian Dawn of Man overture rattling the soundscape.

A wordless opening sequence involving a subway pickpocket, dialogue that's heavily expository without feeling so, impeccable character design that captures every fleeting emotion.

Not exact matches

The opening sequence is an absolute and almost wordless shocker.

The film is at its best in the early going, during which the acting - technique - obsessed Arthur and Maurice attempt to con their way to free food; a wordless opening credits sequence harkens back to the best silent comedy, and one hilarious scene in a bakery is, as it turns out, the film's premature highlight.