I think that there's a reason for this, one that's built into the story and that reflects Linklater's sharp perception of its implications.
But much of the credit must go to Ms. Crothers, whose ear for breezy dialogue, jaundiced but sympathetic eye and sharp perception of the conflicts between family and career lend the play a very contemporary tone and relevance.
Andrew Hagangan's book is set in the fabular fictive tradition of animals offering up razor-sharp perceptions on the often silly world of human beings.
The mastery of literary analysis develops sharper perception, broader understanding, better judgment and more resilient character.
And admirable too was his courage to express indignation and compassion within the same breath, while his eyes, full of dagger-sharp perception and canine-soft intelligence, forgave us all.
The performances by Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as the repressed would-be lovers are exquisitely modulated; the narrative is tightly constructed (it is, at 86 minutes, Lean's shortest picture); the black-and-white cinematography of Robert Krasker is eloquent, its crispness a neat reflection of the painfully sharp perception the lovers share in their fleeting afternoons together.
Sharp perceptions like this, or the sound of Velcro ripping, or the "strange gurgle" of a razorbill, rise out from passages that seem submerged.
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel," a lavish trove of sharp perceptions and firm opinions, includes the author's vision of her next novel that is, the present one, foreseen as "spherical and self-contained, but jammed with things, like a spaceship made of Venetian glass, shining, intricate, and full of colors".
"Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel," a lavish trove of sharp perceptions and firm opinions, includes the author's vision of her next novel — that is, the present one, foreseen as "spherical and self-contained, but jammed with things, like a spaceship made of Venetian glass, shining, intricate, and full of colors".
Aside from almost backhandedly making a sharp point about the perception of immigrants and language, Gaffar is allowed hugely important monologues in which the only word the other characters can understand is "Thermos".
As one image gives way to the next, a series of contrasts, even gentle tensions emerge: interior and exterior, bright and opaque, sharp and blurred, a perception of movement and stillness.
