Key to the mood of suspense and mysteriousness is the location of the filming.
And the oblique approach it takes to what is a fairly standard plot creates a mood of suspense quickened by the accelerated heartbeat of Herbert Grönemeyer's unobtrusive music.
Stunning scenes of the vast deserts of New Mexico are set alongside drab fast-food restaurants, building a disquieting mood of suspense reminiscent of a Coen brothers thriller.
Right up against the dark laughs are "Stunning scenes of the vast deserts of New Mexico are set alongside drab fast-food restaurants, building a disquieting mood of suspense reminiscent of a Coen brothers thriller".
As a result, the film is unable to conjure up any mood or suspense".
The trade paper Variety commended the film's "combination of fine performances, engrossing story and neat direction" and the "variety of moods, action, suspense, comedy and drama that makes Casablanca an A-1 entry at the b.o".
It's uncharacteristically dark: no light-filled rooms, just undefined, shadowy space and a mood of uneasy suspense.
Of course you need a solid story, strong characters, suspense, mood, setting, cohesive and dramatic arc, all that stuff.
Baseball is having a terrific run of suspense and mood swings.
Almodóvar is brilliant at creating the mood of mystery and suspense, though with little or no intention of giving you the big reveal that you might expect.
