From Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin' " in "Midnight Cowboy" to Mozart's "Soave sia il vento" (from "Così Fan Tutte") in "Sunday Bloody Sunday," Mr. Schlesinger exquisitely uses music -- often the same piece, used as a leitmotif throughout a film -- to create mood, deepen emotion and transcend the narrative.
In Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) it is sung, ever louder and with deepening emotion, as the first wounded soldiers from the battle of Mons arrive at Charing Cross station.
For years, I had, in my reading and my writing, been discovering, studying, and deepening these emotions, in all their variety and their unintended consequences, their nerve endings, their triggers, and their many colors.
The best songs are those co-written with Ed Drewett: the demotic narrative of "What a Buzz" is brightened by perky horns and whistling, while the anthemic "Dear Darlin'" employs strings and chimes to deepen the emotion of its epistolary melancholy.
The comedy deepens the emotion – it ambushes you.
If that was the moment we fell in love with this noisy, bustly place - a former chicken factory plainly but pleasingly done out with pink and off-white walls, mirrors with sherry menus painted on them, and a picture of the pigs from which much of the meat is sourced - the succession of dishes that followed only deepened the emotion.
Empathy and pity are strong and necessary emotions that deepen our sense of connection to others; but they depend on a kind of metaphorical imagination of what others are going through.
Intentionally looking for gratitude is a strategy to counter afflictive thoughts and emotions, and deepen the feelings that strengthen us.
The flexible cognitive architecture opens a wide field of experiments and directions to deepen the understanding of emotion processes as a whole.
In my studies of complementary medical knowledge systems, JSJ struck me as highly relevant to our interests in improving literate citizenry and wellness while deepening our understandings of emotions and mindfulness.
Reciting such lines can spark an atmosphere of heartfelt emotion, and deepen your bond.
