Sentence examples for surreal sequence in which from inspiring English sources

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There is an extraordinary, surreal sequence in which Zissou has to rescue a crew member from a pirate Filipino gang holed up in a ruined, deserted hotel on one of the "Bing Islands".

The standout is a long, surreal sequence in which he's stuck in a police-station holding room full of other black people, all of whom know the rules better than he does.

Mr. Payami said the idea for "Secret Ballot" came from a short film, "The Test of Democracy," by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, which includes a surreal sequence in which a woman carrying a ballot box parachutes from an airplane -- bringing heaven-sent democracy?

The surreal sequence, in which Tony Romo's 37-yard touchdown pass to Dez Bryant with 10 seconds left was overturned because Bryant's hand touched out of bounds just before the rest of his body landed in the end zone, spared the Giants from what would have been a brutal defeat.

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The show hits every awkward angle of this triangle, including a surreal fantasy sequence in which Eddie, inspired by his hero Ol Dirty Bastardd, sprays Capri Sun on gyrating video vixens.

The subjects of the studies are often funny and surreal, like the sequence in which two smartly dressed men play leapfrog or the series featuring a pair of naked blacksmiths wielding hammers over an anvil.

They stage a surreal Freudian Busby Berkeleyish dream sequence in which the Dude wraps his manly arms around a helmeted Valkyrie (Julianne Moore, with golden bowling-ball breastplates) and thrusts his bowling ball heavenward, the Mighty Thor of Brunswick Lanes.

The final act is ushered in with a sweeping litany of Vlad's evil history, followed by truly unexpected horrors — including the gratuitous use of squirrels in a sequence in which "campy" and "surreal" more or less French kiss.

From the cacophonous musical lead-in, one could even get a rough sense of the full scale of "Loveland," the climactic sequence in which the characters' past and present finally merge into a nightmarishly surreal Follies show.

The sequence in which the family throws the pizza box away was specifically designed by John Swartzwelder to look surreal, with the family panning into each other.

In fact, the opening sequence, in which Björk and Deneuve are attempting to rehearse an am-dram production of The Sound of Music, is an amusingly surreal moment in its laboured way.

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