The paper reviews the major features and inadequacies of the monograph and regards the work as a tour de force that makes good omissions and deficiencies and brings forth new ideas.
When considered this way a single Ming wall panel covered with flowers, for example, is not only lovely to look at, but also a technical tour de force.
RobertMcKee:I have long admired and closely studied tour de force works such as farewell my concubine by Chen Kaige and JU DOU by Zhang Yimou.
While Stair's performance might not seem much better than that of a dog fetching the newspaper, it's a technological tour de force unimaginable just a few years ago.
