Sentence examples for witty direction from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gondry's witty direction allows the movie to gloss over the fact that this psychological erasure is treated as a given, instead of establishing a social context for accepting the operation -- a major fault.

For now, the Hartford Stage production has a great deal to offer, including four fine performances; David C. Woolard's rich Renaissance-style costumes; John Gromada's moving, period-inspired music; Jeff Cowie's splendidly simple set; Peter Nigrini's dazzling projections; and Mr. Wilson's sure, smart, witty direction.

The libretto runs long and waxes cutesy, but it has its charms, and the music is terrific: a cast led by Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Luca Pisaroni, and the godlike Plácido Domingo revels in Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and Purcell, among others, with William Christie conducting stylishly and Phelim McDermott providing witty direction.

That he almost succeeds in this unsavory experiment is a testament to both Chris Fields' sensitively calibrated, drily witty direction and the cast's brave and occasionally astonishing performances.

After being seen by more than 40 million people worldwide, the tuner -- with Des McAnuff's witty direction, Sergio Trujillo's snappy choreography and such songs as "Big Girls Don't Cry" -- has bopped back into San Francisco for an eight-week run at the Curran Theatre.

The film, which followed two hard-up brothers who decide to rob their parents' jewellery store, with catastrophic results, was superbly acted under his witty and sympathetic direction.

Todd Phillips's surprisingly witty and taut direction steers clear of the oafishness that has cursed much recent US buddy comedy (Wedding Crashers, You, Me and Dupree) and the director, harnessing the talents of a relatively unknown cast, creates a genuine minor classic of the genre.

Sarah did what no one else in her generation has so far managed to do: she said the unsayable, in beautiful English and with witty, impossible stage directions.

Fischer's direction is witty, playful and non-interventionist, and there are some fine insights.

The excerpts from 10 works — 8 by Lully, one each by Michel Lambert (whose daughter Madeline married Lully) and Marc-Antoine Charpentier — were performed without pause and flowed gracefully, thanks to witty touches and stage direction by Paul Agnew and Sophie Daneman.

Also, direct, witty, even outrageous.