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There is symbolism galore, and none of it sappy or indulgent, just real.
'neath the blue patina, charm, and brio were scripts bursting with symbolism and metaphor, music that actually interacted with scenes!
Symbolism galore, great tunes, this film crushed their "soon to be no more" target audience's expectations.
John Boorman, a master at spiritual and emotional conflict, paints the film with broad strokes, and often uses symbolism to capture Laura's emotional state, and physical predicament.
The performance of 'Live to tell' was fantastic and had me awestruck, 'Isaac' was exotic and gorgeous and was rich with political symbolism, the Arabic horn, the American eagle set free.
Writing prompts centered around the symbolism of the tennis shoe are particularly effective.
Verhoeven has a nice visual flair but resorts to scenes of wild hallucinations, overt symbolism, and gratuitous gore when he runs out of ideas.
The plot is a mishmash that is confuses symbolism with substance.
Then craft symbolism around it.
Symbolism is pushed over the top and stereotyping is abundant and outrageous.
For precisely an hour, most of the dialogue concerns what to do about the drapes hanging in the library (this thread isn't used as symbolism, rather it's a red herring in a non-mystery!).
I was advised to read some articles about this film's philosophical meanings afterward, but, having sat through the movie's interminable 115 minutes and being slowly crushed beneath its bloated symbolism and lava-flowing oppressiveness, it seemed better to just report my reactions to the movie.
I generally don't give worry much about violence in films, or a vast amount of philosophy, symbolism or psychology.
Yet again one of the most misunderstood Goddesses of my country has been twisted by "Westerners" who cannot understand the esoteric symbolism of the Mother Goddess in her dark forms.
The style of art is beautiful, the sound is perfect, and the symbolism within it is breathtaking.
I also find the bullfighting parallel to the story unnecessary, as it is a simply cruel thing and the symbolism is hardly potent enough to carry itself.
No symbolism.
Even well translated, there are some things that are obviously private jokes or regional symbolism.
If you've got time, and have time afterwards to think about the film, and even watch it again, you really start to see all the symbolism and hints that are laid out through the film.
Languorous with the heat and dust of an arid clime, the story is deeply psychological, replete with multi-layered symbolism, and an articulate inversion of the theme of being the 'Other' in a land that one does not understand.
Lots of obvious symbolism about achieving manhood but mainly it's the acting by Stewart, his partner Millard Mitchell, Shelly Winters and the Waco Johnny Dean- Dan Duryea.
The visions Gerard see are all (more or less) subtle hints to what will happen to him as the story continues and it is great fun for the viewer to try and figure out the symbolism used in the film.
Despite the use of symbolism and a couple of hints to the ending of the film, the film maintains a very high level of excitement throughout and does not get boring for one minute.
Dripping with symbolism and filled with marvelous cinematography, Extase is so much more than the erotic drama we've all come to expect.
Though the plot elements to "The Eighth Day" seem like they have been done plenty of times, the film still has much of the spark, mystery, and symbolism that Jaco Van Dormal's first film had.
Some of the reviews here go into extraordinary detail and length about the film and its symbolism, and rate it very highly.
Forget the symbolism (crime equals disease, and disease equals crime) and just enjoy the chase.
Obvious hippie-era, dated and easy symbolism and all.
Operatic symbolism, Catholic church confessions, love bites and falling snow..."Moonstruck" is timeless and smooth.
But it also works as an art film, using incredible amounts of symbolism to convey truths that go to our very core.
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