Sentence examples for stark tragedy from inspiring English sources

When the movie is focused on Jacky's desperate and futile efforts to be a superman, it becomes a stark tragedy of masculinity and its chemical boundaries.

This conclusion has been reinforced by several incidents, for example the Bridgeton mining, the Stark tragedy and the Samuel B. Roberts mining.

(Scott) ★ 'Bullhead' (R, 2 04, in Dutch and French) Illegal steroids given to beef cattle and to humans are the subject of Belgium's Oscar nominee for best foreign film, a stark tragedy of masculinity and its chemical boundaries.

"When the movie is focused on Jacky's desperate and futile efforts to be a superman, it becomes a stark tragedy of masculinity and its chemical boundaries," Stephen Holden wrote in The Times in February.

(David DeWitt) ★ 'Bullhead' (R, 2 04, in Dutch and French) Illegal steroids given to beef cattle and to humans are the subject of Belgium's Oscar nominee for best foreign film, a stark tragedy of masculinity and its chemical boundaries.

More than an hour in duration, it covers a vast range of emotion, from stark tragedy and aural violence to moments of grotesque humour, while achieving some sort of provisional resolution.

What O'Brien gives us is a stark, traditional tragedy in which fate intersects with human flaws.

The stark human tragedy, pathos and sense of heartbreak were weighed up against potential privacy issues and the risk of repelling the reader with indecent bluntness.

It's a wonderfully pithy example of Puccini's skill as a dramatic composer, ranging from the stark verismo tragedy of Tabarro, through the tear-jerking drama of Angelica to the wonderfully engineered comedy of Schicchi.

From the lyricism and folksy humour of The Parson's Widow to the expressionism and bisexuality of Michael (1924), to the feminism of Master of the House, to the stark and spare tragedy of The Passion of Joan of Arc, made respectively in Norway, Germany, Denmark, and France, Dreyer's silent pictures are remarkable for their mastery of decor, lighting, camera movement, and editing.

For all the misguided and well-meaning speculation about what may have caused Diane Schuler to drive the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway 10 days ago, killing eight people in a head-on collision, the real reason was stark in its tragedy and simplicity: She was drunk.