By comparison to both DSK and the former French leader Nicolas "President Bling Bling" Sarkozy, Hollande is a less immediately intriguing character.
'He told me to file my nails, yawn a bit and look into the distance and immediately the character was there,' she recalls.
Presented in a handsome new Blu-ray edition from the independent distributor B2MP, "On Approval" quickly turns surprisingly sharp edged: the only immediately appealing character is the American (charmingly played by Withers, then one of Britain's most popular stars, with no unnecessary pretense to a Yank accent), while the others are variously bossy (Lillie), disdainful (Brook) or weak (Culver).
Producer Andy Wilman and Clarkson went back with their new format in 2002; even though the viewing figures, certainly at the start, were similar to or lower than those of its first incarnation, and although many of the segment ideas weren't exactly ideas so much as the mildest wordplay that might emerge from one and a half pints, it immediately had character.
The most immediately influential character in "The Women" is not Wright; it is the narrator, Tadashi Sato, a (fictional) Japanese architect who has spent several years as one of Wright's apprentices and sets out to compose a biography of his mentor.
Orthodox theories of contract contend that doctrine provides legal raw materials that might establish a structural distinction between contract and tort, and that legal theory can give this distinction an elaboration that emphasizes contractual obligation's fundamentally and immediately chosen character.
Ceony Twill is an immediately loveable character, who learns the reasons for her unwanted gift and makes the best of a bad situation in order to save a friend's life.
An immediately recognizable character actor who appeared in landmark indie films including Jim Jarmusch's "Down by Law" and "Stranger Than Paradise," Lurie was also a brilliant saxophonist who helped push the boundaries of jazz in the '80s and '90s with his band, the Lounge Lizards.
But more immediately, the characters in "Pan Tadeusz" are feuding among themselves.
If they gained valuable gear or weapons, they sold them immediately; their characters were essentially empty-handed.
Much has been made of the fact that it will contain no immediately recognisable characters (bar the inevitable cameos).
