| The black whorled band framing the title is aggressive in its starkness and stylization. |
| It sounds like the opening line to a Jean-Pierre Melville scenario and the film has a similar starkness to it. |
| The essence of all these plays is in the absolute starkness, as in Noh drama or Yeats. |
| The political arena often produces heated exchanges and the starkness of the voting system produces winners and losers. |
| Only the clean lines of the stage design serve to evoke the starkness of the northern landscape. |
| After the lush greenery of that beautiful country, the starkness of northern Namibia provided a jarring contrast. |
