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I might agree were the film not executed with perversely stunning perfection by filmmaker Miguel Ángel Vivas, whose gut-wrenchingly precise timing, effective but not manipulative use of emotional drama, and confident aesthetic risks (including some de Palma-esque split-screens), make for a memorable film that uses small-scale convention to explore a universal idea; man's capacity for both courage and evil.

Farihah Zaman: 2010 Fantastic Fest #3: All Creatures Great and Small; Zombies, Vampires, and Terrible Human Beings Farihah Zaman 2010

Ever since I've wondered - if I tried to sing and cry at the same time, could I ever sound as gut-wrenchingly genuine as 19-year-old Conor Oberst does here?

Ben Lear: Valentine's Day Soundtrack: Top 10 Indie Love Songs Ben Lear 2011

And yet, in what is one of the most gut-wrenchingly horrible parts of the 23 page grand jury report, McQueary states that both Sandusky and the victim saw him during the act.

Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Penn State, and the Second Mile Rev. Emily C. Heath 2011

I generally find him well-reasoned and gut-wrenchingly humorous.

The Civility Plea, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

And yet, in what is one of the most gut-wrenchingly horrible parts of the 23 page grand jury report, McQueary states that both Sandusky and the victim saw him during the act.

Rev. Emily C. Heath: Jesus, Penn State, and the Second Mile Rev. Emily C. Heath 2011

Nowhere was this more obvious than in ITV's recent gut-wrenchingly awful series Pop Star to Opera Star, where the likes of Alan Tichmarsh treated the real opera singers as if they were fragile pieces on Antiques Roadshow, and the music as if it were a gift of the gods.

Archive 2010-03-01 Brian Clegg 2010

Understanding that his first photography teacher, at the Ethical Culture School in New York, was Lewis Hine -- whose blunt images of child laborers and impoverished immigrants are gut-wrenchingly clear and incisive -- offers a clue to Strand's transformation into a purveyor of the socially and visually unnerving

ARTINFO: Paul Strand's Elegant and Unsettling Vision of Mexico Comes to the Bronx 2010

Understanding that his first photography teacher, at the Ethical Culture School in New York, was Lewis Hine -- whose blunt images of child laborers and impoverished immigrants are gut-wrenchingly clear and incisive -- offers a clue to Strand's transformation into a purveyor of the socially and visually unnerving

ARTINFO: Paul Strand's Elegant and Unsettling Vision of Mexico Comes to the Bronx 2010

Reading about the hostage crisis brings back gut-wrenchingly bad memories: the endless negotiating, the arrogant posturing of the hostage-takers, the seeming impotence of our government.

Unhappy anniversary to Operation Eagle Claw 2010

I think it's one of the most gut-wrenchingly heartbreaking songs ever.

Archive 2010-01-01 Kat Howard 2010