The room around him is as minutely observed as the skin and hair of the body itself.

Studded with minutely observed detail (in keeping with his scientific training), Freddie's story has the weight of lived experience.

Words came first with scenes acted out in singing and shades of mood minutely observed.

His lyrics, from minutely observed domestic dramas to wild-eyed visions, irrevocably changed what a song could mean.

There is also his choice of minutely observed detail and how these reveal aspects of this changing, already vanishing subculture.

These are minutely observed, recognizable folk, not sitcom types.

Together they add up to a collection of wrenching, minutely observed moments that suggest Chekhov short stories.

"Burning Secret" is a small, minutely observed emotional drama about the rude coming-of-age of a sheltered 12-year-old boy.

It's a good picture, crisply executed, minutely observed, if expressively noncommittal.

All his life he had minutely observed everything upon the sea and much that lay - beneath its surface.