Example sentences for: directorial

How can you use “directorial” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I'm less enchanted by the content than many, but I certainly respect Scorsese's struggle to alter his directorial voice and usual amphetamine rhythms to portray the Dalai Lama.

  • Despite a screenplay by William Goldman and performances from acting heavyweights Gene Hackman and Judy Davis, reviews of Clint Eastwood's latest directorial effort are mixed, at best.

  • (This behind-the-scenes mastery of cinema did not seem to bear fruit in his 1989 directorial debut, Paganini , which has been described as unwatchable by the few people who have watched it.)

  • Clint Eastwood, in his 21 st directorial effort, is a decrepit newspaper reporter rushing to save an innocent man on death row.

  • The plot--father comes to love adopted son--is familiar; the "directorial style is unobtrusive and free of flourishes" (Elliott Stein, Village Voice ). Director Jan Sverak "really knows how to give it that warm, ironic Mittel Europa charm and subtlety," says Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times . "[S]entiment with sly political humor," says Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal . The Voice 's Stein predicts that it will become "this year's Il Postino ." (Miramax plugs Kolya at its site, where you can download video and stills.)


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