Few of these early sketches survive, but a drawing entitled "Mine workers in the snow" from 1880 and in the collection at the Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo, the Netherlands, depicts workers trudging towards a mine which looms darkly in the background.
There is certainly a darkly wretched streak in his background.
And while those of his films set in Britain have painted a darkly comic picture of the country, "Isles of Wonder" -- the "Tempest"-inspired extravaganza which kicked off the Games -- proved much more of a celebration of the nation.
Resnais (working with texts by the playwright Jean Anouilh) revisits the artistic shocks and personal passions of his own youth and offers loving tributes to cinematic landmarks he passed along the way, setting up, by means of some deliciously jolting special effects, a darkly whimsical new one in uncharted ground.
Back in 1995, then President Boris Yeltsin talked darkly about Bosnia being the first sign of what could happen with NATO's expansion.
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Some carpeting pros point to the femme fatale Clytemnestra of Greek legend as the first to see the value in colored flooring: She put down a darkly hued welcome mat for her husband, Agamemnon, to honor his return, whereupon he was murdered.
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The Beaver's blend of darkly humorous drama - not to mention belief in a talking glove puppet - did not appeal to box office audiences in the States.
Saying more about Ms. Richardson's range in the crucial role would risk lessening the impact of this darkly powerful film.
In a press release rejecting the offer, Icahn said as much, muttering darkly about how Bristol-Myers Squibb might have exploited insider information about a possible breakup plan.
Everyone knows that people who grow up in cold, sunless climates are dour, unfriendly, alcoholic smokers who create darkly foreboding art about the end of mankind that they take very seriously.
Darkly, the suit notes, Starkey is also a former partner in Arthur Andersen , the audit firm convicted last month for obstruction of justice in the Enron (otc: ENRNQ - news - people ) investigation.
There's a few samples in the gallery below: the flash was helpful when nabbing some stills on a darkly lit street and the outdoor pics are quite sharp.
Just think, some mutter darkly, what would have happened if the financial crisis and the war in Georgia had taken place under the preceding Slovenian presidency.
This rendition of "Ida Lupino, " recorded in 1965 and included on the Paul Bley Trio's newly reissued Closer, is darkly winsome.
The Yemeni authorities also darkly note that the Houthis' long-time leader, Hussein al-Houthi, who died in battle in 2004, used to visit Qom, one of Shia Iran's holiest cities.
Captain Tritus was in a foul mood, his mouth clenching a cigarette on one side, and on the other, muttering darkly about how he was expected to pay and feed his crew on an empty belly.
After the canvas was cleaned, it became clear that Ensor's nightmarish vision of a boisterous city boulevard teeming with banners, placards and a massed, modern rabble was shaped not only by the artist's deep-seated pessimism but by his critical view of contemporary art, captured here in dazzling displays of virtuoso painting that are as variable, original and richly parodic as the painter's darkly comic brigade.
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