| As always in Visconti, a certain studiedness in the artistic effects causes us to keep the film at a distance, to distrust it. |
| But such studiedness made him his own art critic, and he would too often be satisfied with only the most static of resolutions. |
| The splendid portrait photographs have the chiaroscuro clarity as well as the mannered studiedness of Beaton works. |
| His art is amazing on a lot of levels, but there's a dry studiedness about it that keeps me from totally embracing it. |
| The Lou Reed-like studiedness of the album's vocals gave way at times to desperate ravings more reminiscent of Jim Morrison. |
