Despite her reputation for going the extra mile, however, Huppert's true talent is for understatement, conveying complex conflict through restrained physical gesture, a quality too often misdescribed as "cool".
The looping drapery and curving figures were abandoned; instead, the figures have a square, upright appearance and are extremely restrained in their gestures.
For a libretto, Sellars turned to a classmate, the poet Alice Goodman... Faced with this intricate text, Adams restrained his own penchant for large gestures.
After getting the final out, he walked off the mound and gestured in frustration but restrained himself.
My muscles felt like someone had hold of my arm all the time [he gestured as if being restrained]".
Accordingly, Fiennes keeps his direction restrained, concentrating on small moments rather than grand gestures to powerful effect.
The initial self-deprecation, then the direct, yet restrained, indictment of the sitting President, then the gestures of support for Kerry and gratitude for Clinton, were all well marshalled, well written, and inoffensive to the barons of the Convention.
Livid about the decision, Barajas had to be restrained by his teammates, and Manuel was ejected after gesturing wildly.
Gestures and emotions in Neoclassical works are usually restrained to give priority to calm grandeur, spiritual nobility, and beauty.
