But his ambitious movie is a bit like a homemade backyard shrine, admirable for what it says about the builder's capacity for compassion, regrettable in its confusion of prettiness for high art.
That decision, a statement from the union president, Dr. Najma Heptulla of India's upper house, said, "is all the more regrettable in that it has occurred on the occasion of this historic parliamentary summit".
"It is regrettable in my view, it is something that ought to be tackled decisively by political leaders," he said.
That is highly regrettable in some ways, but it gave the Obama administration an opportunity to take steps to change things without Congressional action.
I find it regrettable in fact that, today, the European Commission should give in to any old objection from any old Member State.
I daresay this is a well-meant measure of security, but it is regrettable in some respects: I have spoken to psychiatrists who are concerned that paedophiles who genuinely want to be helped to overcome their orientation will be too anxious to seek treatment, because they fear it could be put into the public realm.
I submit that until the very last moment the Prosecution is entitled to put in such documents, regrettable though it is, perhaps, that they, have not been put in before, but I do submit that the Prosecution is entitled to put them in.
It is also regrettable in view of the rich treasury of experience and hope that these survivors of the Depression and a multitude of wars have to share with a generation facing similar challenges.
She said: "It is deeply regrettable in our view that the achievements of the trust and what is provided for the public good is not recognised in any way by the campaigners.
The idea here seems to be that the Suarez bite was especially regrettable because it came in a week in which a couple of awful things had happened.
