Although subdued in dialogue and imagery, the theme of slavery appears several times in the movie.
For all that, Clemens seems oddly subdued throughout the book, his dialogue not at all like his writing, which was famous in part because of his unmistakable voice.
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Its dilemma, like many of the films in Netflix's growing sci-fi catalogue, is the way its best parts are subdued on the small screen while its worst (dialogue and clunky storytelling) are enhanced.
Ranging from subdued chuckles to hysteria bordering on tears, the four-minute dialogue between male and female subjects provokes the observer to question what emotions are being expressed and how to recognize their meaning.
His films are so subdued — nonviolent and virtually sexless, filled with long shots, long takes, and restrained dialogue — that when the actress Zhao Tao showed her family "Platform," her first movie, her parents fell asleep.
It's a very subdued record: the melodies meander, more often than not without drums, and snatches of dialogue and weird electronic glitches interrupt conventional-seeming parts.
It's a small film with mostly Yiddish dialogue that exactly no one has heard of, but her work was ingeniously expressive, subdued, and sort of devastating.
Sarcastic, conversational, honest, subdued.
