Meaning of ‘eschewing narrative lurches for something altogether more ambient’
Meaning of ‘eschewing narrative lurches for something altogether more ambient’
The passage below is from a Guardian article about the movie Nomadland.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/02/nomadland-review-chloe-zhao-frances-mcdormand
Since winning a Golden Lion at Venice in September 2020, Nomadland has been on an international winning streak, picking up top prizes at the Golden Globes, the Baftas, and finally the Oscars, where its trophies included best picture. Yet for a film so heavily garlanded with awards, what’s most striking about Nomadland is the almost incidental manner in which it tells its stories – eschewing strident dramatic crises or narrative lurches for something altogether more ambient.
I think I read this sentence right until just before ‘or (eschewing) narrative lurches for something altogether more ambient’ as follows:
Yet this film won many awards, the most surprising thing on Nomadland is that it keeps telling its stories in not-so-serious fashion by avoiding theatrical scenes,...
But I’m not sure what the ‘or (eschewing) narrative lurches...’ part is trying to say.
I think I have an idea based on the meaning of ‘ambient’.
Since it means “an aspect of the environment that completely surrounds you, but in a mellow way”, I think the part seems to mean that narrative of this movie tends to ‘eschew’ moving toward melodramatic manner.
(Am I right?)
Thanks a lot in advance.
Top answer
’ part is trying to say. You seem to have the "or" in the wrong place. The movie's storytelling manner eschews two things, "strident dramatic crises" and "narrative lurches".
- ’ part is trying to say.
- You seem to have the "or" in the wrong place.
- The movie's storytelling manner eschews two things, "strident dramatic crises" and "narrative lurches".
- The writer used "or" because "and" would sound like the list was complete.
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Stenka25But I’m not sure what the ‘or (eschewing) narrative lurches...’ part is trying to say.
You seem to have the "or" in the wrong place. The movie's storytelling manner eschews two things, "strident dramatic crises" and "narrative lurches". The writer used "or" because "and" would sound like the list was complete.
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