Females, on the other hand, have a duller, drabber appearance.
Spirits are high, though appearances are drab: Becci Gemmell's hearty Hero plights her troth in land-girl wellies, while Merle Hensel's utilitarian design is redolent of ration coupons and information posters advising folk to Keep Calm and Carry On.
It is hard to exaggerate the effect Sylvian had on a generation of neurotic boy outsiders, both in appearance and attitude, in the often drab and brutal suburban England of the period.
The biggest mystery about "Intern" is how a film about people who are obsessed with appearances could wind up looking so hopelessly drab and tacky.
Both species, with virtually no feathering on the head, have drab, grayish plumage and are thin-necked, hump-backed, and heavy-billed quite vulture-like in appearance.
A well-regarded British television actress making her first appearance in a feature, she is a haunted, haunting presence, keeping an almost terrifying intensity hidden just beneath her drab exterior.
