Word: conveys
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...film he goes to visit his dying mother. As he lies to her about her health and bends over her bed, rays or light cross him like prison bars. That light should entrap is something almost inpermissible in our set of conventions; Bresson's use of it to convey a value almost totally discredited in our society is as daring as it is right...
Frangipani Blossoms. As President Nixon sought to convey a new shading of American policy to the leaders of Southeast Asia last week, his passage was marked by delicate Eastern ceremonial. In Manila there was an embroidered barong tagalog for him to wear; in Djakarta, white-costumed Javanese dancers strewed frangipani blossoms in the presidential path...
...insists on pretentiously flaunting her inadequate knowledge of French. Few scenes in all drama are as chillingly cruel as the one in which Natasha upbrades the loyal octogenarian nanny Anfisa and proceeds to advocate kicking her out because the old woman can't work enough, both does not convey sufficient age. (It occurs to me that director Kahn might have improved his production by switching the roles of Misses Maxwell and Reid; the former looks young enough of an equally distasteful albeit quite different Natasha...
Treat or a Treatment. One of the principals of the cast-who signed on in hopes that the show "might convey the real emptiness of our life and become an American L'Avventura"-now fears that it is degenerating into high-priced prime-time soap opera. Producer Doniger vehemently disputes the charge, though he just as determinedly denies that his last show was soap. It was Peyton Place...
...throat-only to find that they had killed it. The best of a talented troupe is Isabelle's much older sister, Marthe (Regine), a doughy redhead who believes that sex appeal, like flour, is measured by the pound. As Isabelle's hag-ridden father, Gregoire Asian can convey more with a lowered eyelid than most men do with a shrug of their shoulders...