It is an emotive and commanding work of art.
It is a sentiment rare in Kubrick's work, seen before, perhaps, only at the end of "2001 .Stylistically, it is his most commanding work since that great sci-fi epic.
There was also recognition for Clare Balding, named best presenter for her "joyful, effortless and commanding" work on London 2012, and for Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympics.
The London producer and remixer nudged the vocals slightly deeper in the mix, allowing his chirping synths and woozy bass to take shape around Rihanna's commanding intonation to "work, work, work".
We sat in the living room, where James drank a diet Coke and I sipped a scotch — he under the large Giacometti portrait, the most commanding art work in the apartment, which had required eighteen sittings before Giacometti completed it.
And as for the brass and keyboards, they add little to a set that succeeds because of Kouyaté's memorable playing on the attacking Waati or the bluesy Bassekouni, the commanding vocal work of his wife, Amy Sacko, and a fine selection of thoughtful songs.
His commanding, perfectionist works model stern principles of design and architecture, pointing the world toward a utopia for puritans.
It's hard to avoid the conclusion, though, that Salcedo has lost faith in art's unique open-endedness, and that the ambivalent melancholy of her commanding furniture works has given way to something simpler, something less.
"Sure," his commanding officer said, "work on anything you want.
She finds herself entering the orbit of the famous Professor Z., a commanding personage whose work is legendary.
His conducting on Friday, if not as commanding as his work in Berg's "Wozzeck" this month, was inspired and beautiful.
