sere

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Indeed, the opening image of “Bardo” suggests that Iñárritu has created “Birdman 2.0,” as a man, seen only as his shadow, repeatedly takes flight over a sere desert landscape.

From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022

The movie’s depictions of landscapes both sere and fertile, and its all-but-palpable portrayals of isolation, have echoes of the best work of Werner Herzog and Lucrecia Martel.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

The landscape is dry and sere, but a ribbon of green shrubs and trees flourishes along the creek.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2021

From 1970 to 1984, in the sere hills of Irvine, people paid admission to drive their cars through a wild animal park where, “Jurassic Park” fashion, things could go wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

"Before they come? Why—they're here, you puddenhead. It's the trees themselves. We're in a sere wood."

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman