She calls this canvas "possibly the most startling recreation of the Passion scene," and it is indeed a surprise: a frankly erotic portrayal, with Jesus, in an off-the-shoulder robe, looking beautiful and dazed as Judas embraces him.
Stephen Sondheim's Passion is a startling show.
"My only interest as a writer lies, I begin to see, in some queer individuality; not in strength, or passion, or anything startling.
The two-part dramatization, adapted from the 1993 novel by Sebastian Faulks, cuts between the trenches of World War I and the woods of northern France as it chronicles the relationship of Stephen and Isabelle, the wife of a textile factory owner, from its initial passion to its startling demise.
Cerith Wyn Evans Feel the heat of this often startling and dangerously physical artist of intense passion.
Her immaculate, almost surgical efficiency at describing the desperate human consequences of being in love is a startling contrast to our tendency to think about passion as something warm, comforting, generous.
Her immaculate, almost surgical efficiency at describing the consequences of being desperately in love is a startling contrast to our tendency to think about passion as something warm, comforting, generous.
"I had discovered my passion, and the most startling thing was my first winter.
The battle scenes are extraordinarily mucky and violent, but here, as in Tavernier's "Let Joy Reign Supreme" (1975), the intricate protocols of aristocratic sexual passion are the most startling elements.
He has sudden outbursts of startling humour, as when recalling his childhood passion for kung fu; or in a bizarre visit to a Tokyo S&M establishment reputedly used by Mishima.
