But the place has a seductive appeal all its own; it's the kind of course you replay in your head over and over again, because it demands such thoughtful shot-making.
They wanted to propose their own candidate for President, a long shot — a thoughtful, unthreatening protest candidate, the Persian equivalent of Eugene McCarthy.
At its best though, this was a thoughtful and carefully paced hour, shot through with sorrow and violence, in which a number of characters made decisions that will impact hugely on their fates.
The movement from one conversation to another gives a likable freedom to "Vodka Lemon," and allows Mr. Saleem to set up a few running jokes that combine quotidian absurdity with thoughtful melodrama, like the opening shot of the old man, and a few other freakish outbursts that have to be witnessed to be believed, and savored.
If there is an infinite supply of points, badges, and levels because they exist on every single social product out there, the minute you use them without being thoughtful, you are losing your shot at exclusivity and scarcity.
Casual, humble and appealing, likely to speak obscenities as well as ideas, he is a thoughtful talker in the lengthy, medium-frame shots in this film, and the images of his youth and time in India offer some visual context.
Of course, we all say that we want thoughtful leaders who do not resort to cheap shots and below-the-belt punches.
Stillman delivers a humorous yet thoughtful look at Barcelona during the 1980s while providing splendid shots of the city.
The stillness, shot through with dancers' gestures of intimate dismay, recalls the thoughtful, mesmerizing Jean-Louis Barrault, as the mime in Marcel Carné's "Les Enfants du Paradis".
