"Star Wars" was slathered with the same philosophical gravitas, bootstrapped from Joseph Campbell, but the most incisive judgment was delivered by Alec Guinness when he was being courted to play Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Fairy tale rubbish but could be interesting perhaps," he wrote to a friend.
At his best, he had an incisive mind and clear political judgment.
This is perhaps less incisive as a judgment of "The Dreamers" than as an account of how the expression of cinematic passion has changed from one generation to another.
Mr. White's mind is as agile as ever, his judgments just as incisive, his wit as razor-edged.
For an incisive analysis of how the human mind generates explanations and predictions, see: D. Kahneman and A. Tversky, "The Simulation Heuristic," in D. Kahneman, P. Slovic, and A. Tversky, eds., Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982), pp. 201 210.
Abby Mann, the screenwriter who brought incisive characterization and a searing sense of justice to "Judgment at Nuremberg" and other social dramas, died on Tuesday in Beverly Hills.
The judgment on Mr Justice Phillips was "very sharp and incisive – not one to be bullied by counsel.
Users want ready confirmation of their own conclusions and reassurance that their judgments and opinions are sound; what they need is factual information, incisive reporting and well-reasoned analyses.
"It seems to me that the Professor, for all the fine finality of his judgments, lacks the daring scope of Tounbee, the majesty of Namier, the incisive with of A. J. P. Taylor, the taste of Miss Wedgewood, the humanity of Trevelyan, or the charm and modesty of Dr. A. L. Rowse.
At the time he made the incisive observation that whenever a chemotherapeutic agent succeeds in relieving symptoms, this results in the subjective judgment that it is effective by the patient concerned; the treating clinician, however, must rely on objective criteria to evaluate a drug's efficacy.
Both received incisive performances.
