Although the film only slightly mirrors the plot provided by Dick's short story, playing fast and loose with its events for the sake of action and overall intrigue, Verhoeven and his writers nevertheless created a thrill-filled interplanetary shoot-'em-up that captivates audiences with spellbinding visuals, aided of course by the pervading presence of Arnold.
He's married it with his brilliant sense of humour and somehow created a thrilling piece of British drama.
After the war, he won the Giro again in 1946, creating a thrill for a depressed nation.
And, in the figure of an unlovely woman transfixed by romantic passion, it creates a thrilling, melodramatic role on which everything else depends.
Throughout the novel, characters ignore their own better judgments, creating a thrilling psychological drama that unfolds alongside the external events and creates space for the unexpected on virtually every page.
This is one of those years where the jazz nomination sounds a million times more forward-thinking than almost anything else on the list – they create a thrilling cacohony of coiled sax and tightly wound rhythms.
But, with trumpets positioned high at the back of the auditorium creating a thrilling sweep of sound, it was the sheer theatricality of Chailly's approach to Stravinsky that made this such an unforgettably vivid interpretation.
With her tousled hair, frank sensuality and a script that requires her to spend long stretches of the action in her underwear and, in one scene, nothing at all, Friel creates a thrilling frisson of eroticism.
Not only does he pit the soloist in virtuosic display against the dynamic drive of the orchestra; he also creates a thrilling narrative by harnessing the tonal language, dramatically building and releasing harmonic tensions.
And a few wondered if Miami Beach, already legendary for its kitsch, should become known around the world for creating a thrilling place to park. "It says something about the aesthetic down here," said Lisa Gottlieb, a film professor who lives in Miami Beach.
Most critics would agree that War Horse is greater than the sum of its parts: Nick Stafford's adaptation of the young adult novel is not particularly subtle or insightful as a dramatic text, but the combination of video projection, breathtaking puppetry and picturesque stage effects creates a thrilling whole.
