In his last — and first — feature film, "Chopper" (2000), the New Zealand-born director Andrew Dominik seemed on the same wavelength as his raucous, at times queasy, entertaining subject, the ultrabrutal criminal reprobate of the title, played by Eric Bana.
Like a lot of political art today, the effect is suave, entertaining and subject to several interpretations, all of them more or less one-liners (Smith).
Whether he's hitting a bag or yammering in news reports, Mr. Bruno, a former boxer and notorious political pugilist, makes a colorful, entertaining interview subject, as does the strategist Roger Stone.
And though it was rejected by one American publisher for being "too entertaining for its subject matter," it is the novel's obvious entertainment elements (propulsive plot, frequent comedy) that make it, I would argue, the only serious way to treat this vexed and complicated subject.
They are both surprisingly funny and entertaining, given the subject matter, and both are at heart teenage love stories.
The book is particularly entertaining on the subject of prep stinginess, passing along injunctions to fly coach, reuse manila envelopes and resole shoes.
The video is simple but entertaining, as the subject walks through Tokyo city centers, side streets, and even glides up an escalator to overlook a sprawling shopping pavilion.
These entertaining "virtual field trips" are giving students an opportunity to interact with the subject material first-hand.
When "Human Remains" was shown at Input, the international public television conference, a Dutch programmer took issue with the film's entertaining take on its subjects and challenged Mr. Rosenblatt: "Is your next project a promo for Pol Pot?" NO, Jesus, actually.
