The director also makes distinctive use of music, filling the soundtrack with classical pieces — orchestrations of compositions by Bach, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms.
It's not true, of course, that "The Great Train Robbery," from 1903, was the first narrative film — Georges Méliès had already constructed some elaborate stories in films from before the turn of the century — but it makes distinctive use of guns and, in the process, suggests much about why guns are themselves such distinctively cinematic objects.
Similar to the way "Widows" makes its Chicago setting integral to the movie, "Drive" makes distinctive use of its locale.
One film being shown there, "Columbus," is the first feature directed by Kogonada, who makes distinctive artistic use of classical styles and of popular actors who are at home in them.
I'm talking about using Ford-brand underpinnings to make distinctive Mercury vehicles.
In many cases they make distinctive properties with unusual characteristics.
The term comes from the world of engraving, from the Greek term kharakter, an instrument used for making distinctive marks.
The proposed research project also makes distinctive contributions to improving quality and safety of care in the EU using an empirical approach.
The San Francisco lawyers have made distinctive contributions to the case.
Each show was marked by Mr Wilson's distinctive use of artificial light, abstracted sets, and luminescent, mask-like make-up on his performers.
