That success was a validation not just of Rocky's skill, but also of Yams's vision and his ability to infuse it both into Rocky's music and also into the ears of hundreds of thousands of fans, all without playing so much as a note of music.
What's most remarkable is his ability to infuse politics and mortality with a mordant, gallant wit.
T.' and Carroll Ballard's 'Black Stallion' — but his ability to infuse action sequences with emotional gravity has hardly diminished".
Druckman's great gift was his ability to infuse his modernist impulses with the gamut of sensuality, from the most delicate refinement to the utmost crudeness, in startlingly vivid instrumental hues.
This is especially disappointing given that Mr. Schnabel's great gift as a filmmaker has always been his ability to infuse real-life narratives with color, surprise and vivid emotion.
The geisha tradition has long held a fascination for culturally inquisitive Westerners, perhaps for its unusual ability to infuse the most uncomfortable of commercial transactions, the exchange of money for sex, with decorum and delicacy.
What seemed miraculous when the film first opened remains its greatest coup: Godard's ability to infuse an improvisatory manner with an underlying mood of grave inevitability.
But in times like these, it's the leader's ability to infuse love into an uncertain environment that can make the difference between success and failure.
What all of these projects share, besides being splendid architecture, is an ability to infuse a drab, lifeless neighborhood — whether it be a derelict postwar area at the far edge of Rome's historic center or a generic new development outside Copenhagen — with a sense of joy.
