In all his work he amounted to the co-author of the film, forsaking technical perfection for visual truth, beauty and conviction.
Sheikha Mayassa regarded arts advocacy as part of a broad humanitarian effort to "bridge cultural differences," motivated by the conviction that visual art "resonates with people in a way that words cannot".
Meirelles, who also adapted Paulo Lins' controversial novel, brings a vivid visual style and solid conviction to the story of one kid's attempt to escape the self-destructive urges of his friends.
But the density and conviction of visual information, both referenced and invented, and the point around which that information is organized is crucial indeed.
If you don't have firm convictions about visual art, you won't come on them just by poking around; everything will seem worthless.
His playfulness with languages, both visual and verbal, suggests a conviction that they are little more than toys.
Directed by the talented sisters Sylvia and Jen Soska, the film combines gore, quiet dread, feminist conviction and a visual classicism with impressive, unbelabored dexterity.
This film — the second from the Soskas, and shot in their hometown, Vancouver, British Columbia — combines gore, quiet dread, feminist conviction and a visual classicism, often using a red palette, with impressive, unbelabored dexterity.
Their history is one of aesthetically striking visual stunts, yet the force of moral conviction radiates from their work for Honey Maid.
The latter was formed out of the conviction that painting should be nonrepresentational and the visual expression of the artistic experience.
