Our characters in The Woodlanders were taciturn types who, although they loved each other, had little to say, and once we'd gone over our lines a couple of times there was nothing much to do.
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A taciturn character driven to a long monologue is revealing, when deployed properly.
There is some gentle ribbing about her being the farmers' pin-up girl, but even the more taciturn rural types seem somewhat in awe of her, crossing the street to shake her hand and praising her authoritative handling of the foot and mouth crisis, imposing restrictions on local ports, despite contrary advice from London.
The brawn is supplied by Jim Caviezel as Reese, a taciturn Special Forces type who is living on the streets when we first see him.
A subtle Ewan McGregor plays Oliver, a Mills-type taciturn graphic designer who struggles less with his father's out-and-proudness, and more with his own inability to conduct intimate relationships with the same amount of joie de vivre as his dying father.
In an era in which irony and detachment were embraced by artists like Andy Warhol, Wyeth and his paintings came in the popular mind to embody both traditional notions of patriotism and sincerity and the type of taciturn hardiness associated with his New England ancestors.
Dogman is taciturn, though not "a Mr Darcy type", as the press release fatuously claims.
John P. O'Mara, who oversees Mr. Hynes's Conviction Integrity Unit, which re-examined this case, was taciturn.
Like Mr. Chandor's talky 2011 Wall Street drama, "Margin Call," set on the day a Lehman-type firm struggles not to go under, the taciturn "All Is Lost," due in theaters Oct. 18, is an existential horror story about trying to survive the worst moment of your life — in this case a crippled boat at sea — as panic rises.
