Izzard, MacKinnon recalls, was initially hesitant about starring in Whisky Galore> because of his insistence on pursuing dramatic rather than comedic roles.
The omission is no accident; it's set up by dramatic contrast with the angry insistence of Mary's husband, Levi (Aldis Hodge), a civil-rights activist, that she not bother pursuing a job as an engineer: "You can't apply for freedom.... It's got to be demanded, taken".
"Incendies" demonstrated Mr. Villeneuve's ability to hold onto a humanist perspective in the face of extreme inhumanity, and "Polytechnique," though it relies less on dramatic contrivances, is similarly clear in its insistence that decency is ultimately stronger than barbarism.
The BMA intends to press ahead with the ballot unless ministers drop their insistence that junior doctors accept dramatic changes to their contracts as a pre-condition for resuming talks.
They are both very good filmmakers who tell very good stories, but what keeps them both from the first rank of filmmakers is precisely their insistence on buttoned-up, buttoned-down dramatics.
Consummate in this approach is Tóibín's insistence that he does not deploy familiar dramatic premises – such as adultery – in an attempt to raise the stakes for his characters and readers.
If they are going to hold off Manchester United, now level on points, they are going to need a dramatic improvement between now and May regardless of Mancini's insistence that it was all his fault.
