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By mixing the sweetness of Frank Capra with the sour realism of directors like Vittorio De Sica, Mr Kaurismaki accords his unlikely heroes dignity without appearing sentimental.
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Mr. Baker: Well I have also said publicly in interviews, I like the foreign policy pronouncements that I have heard coming out of this administration, I like the pragmatism and the realism that those pronouncements have reflected.
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And yet the Sixth Symphony does not aspire to the level of musical realism found in a work like Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique or in Richard Strauss's later tone poems.
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Several postwar movements like optical art, art povera and photo realism peaked early on.
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Yet the movie which, like the prior installments, depends more on realism (gravity, not pixels) than fantasy is dynamic enough, with a few classic sequences.
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Now, with the increased realism of computer-generated images, directors like Conran seem propelled by a new sense of possibility about what can be accomplished onscreen.
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That kind of realism appeals to those who've been in combat, like author Tim O'Brien.
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The Brazilian soaps, however, are more sophisticated, with different stories, like human cloning or love between Muslims and Christians and more of the social realism.
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Mr. Netanyahu has made clear that, like Mr. Reagan, he understands that negotiations with non-democratic adversaries require cautious realism.
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Haggis keeps the violence completely within the bounds of realism, and we are fearful for John and Lara, because the two of them seem not like men and women in other movie thrillers but like a smart, troubled couple that we might have invited over for dinner last week.
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