They were "lifestylers" like Acworth and his directors, merely recreating what they saw all the time in underground clubs.
When the law firm that conducted one investigation concluded it had been misled and resigned, the directors "merely echoed Brooks's sentiment" that the lawyer was spineless and disloyal, the S.E.C. stated.
It's all enough to make you wonder if post-apocalyptic road movies aren't for Australian directors merely a way of toning up, like Shakespeare for Brits, or movies about losing your virginity for the French.
He wasn't this wild director, merely out to shock and discomfort people.
George J. Tenet, the C.I.A. director, merely supported our unsuccessful pleas by asking Mr. Wise's publisher to honor our simple request.
Consultation with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is voluntary and is not binding, meaning the mediator, George H. Cohen, the agency's director, merely hopes to help the sides find common ground.
Let's hope this decision is reversed, because if Django Unchained was the director merely "learning" about the western genre, The Hateful Eight might just be Tarantino's mid-era masterpiece.
Cause, however, is essentially defined as willful misconduct, something that does not exist here since the directors are merely saying no.
Their output, even when unsuccessful, is deemed immeasurably more valuable than the undistinguished films of weaker directors who merely translated the words and actions indicated in a script into routine screen images.
Filled with youngsters (and adults) who want to perform, or, as the theater directors insist, merely want to raise their self-esteem and self-confidence, the schools are integral parts of the local children's theater scene.
First, it's worth noting that the three new films Kael zeroed in on that week are all classics—she led with Eric Rohmer's "Claire's Knee," followed with "Wanda," and concluded with Elaine May's first feature, "A New Leaf"—and she looked askance at all three, because she was focussed on their "dramatic" aspects and their characters, which, in her view, the directors' aesthetic merely adorns.
