1.   But he became the filmmaker he was because his films stirred people.

2.   But neither film stirred enthusiasm at the box office.

3.   For all its desperate, messy revelry, the film stirs deep emotion and outrage when its playfulness subsides.

4.   Ferreri, whose often funny and erotic films stirred shock and outrage with their essentially bleak, anarchic view of society, made no secret of his attitude.

5.   Kurosawa seemed puzzled when the film stirred an uproar at Cannes.

6.   Other films have stirred similar reactions.

7.   The film stirred a sensation at screenings at the Sundance Film Festival this year, and taped cassettes have been widely shown in Hollywood.

8.   The film has stirred controversy because of its depiction of the sexual affairs of priests.

9.   Shown in Europe and North America, the film stirred controversy.