But she is also interested in more conventional modes of developing characters; in the hands of the director, Anna Brenner, and a nimble ensemble, "The Hotel Colors" generally manages to satisfy the script's somewhat awkwardly abutting stylistic and storytelling interests.
And it was appreciated that Redford was concentrating on the script and the actors and directing with stylistic restraint and professional anonymity.
Mr. Polivka's performance is matched by the warm and subtle supporting cast, and Mr. Hrebejk's occasional reliance on stylistic gimmicks is balanced by Petr Jarchovsky's sharp, observant script (Scott).
Mr. Polivka's performance is matched by the warm and subtle supporting cast, and Mr. Hrebejk's occasional reliance on stylistic gimmicks is balanced by Petr Jarchovsky's sharp, observant script (A. O. Scott).
Rather than embracing the stylistic quirks and crueller tones of Bell's otherwise faithful script, the actors are directed with a kind of earnestness that ultimately saps any real mystery or terror from the room.
Further stylistic changes were sought by the BBC who retained a script approval option after the sale of the rights and asked Nigel Kneale to work on their suggested changes, much to his indignation.
Not one for climactic endings or predictable histrionics, the director, David Barker (who wrote the script with Ms. Meierhans and Mr. Godere), sticks to the stylistic template of his debut feature, "Afraid of Everything," which was filmed in 1999.
Far from Heaven, people responded very positively to the script, curiously enough, because it was a script that tried to explain and describe the stylistic component as vividly as I could, so we weren't trying to hide anything.
Filtering familiar stylistic riffs from Jersey Boys, Ray, and The Buddy Holly Story through the crazy-paved mosaic of Jez and John-Henry Butterworth's script, Taylor's rags-to-riches romp hot-foots its way around Brown's self-mythologising story with energetic results.
While Michael Alan Lerner's original script has been thoroughly reconfigured by I'm Not There screenwriter Oren Moverman, Pohlad steps back from the stylistic adventures in which Todd Haynes cast Richard Gere, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin and others as fractured aspects of Bob Dylan's personality.
