Sentences with phrase «dependence upon the films»
In his eloquent fulmination on «the De Palma Conundrum,» The New Yorker's Richard Brody says, «De Palma's peculiar fealty to the history of cinema — his overt dependence upon the films of Alfred Hitchcock and his plethora of references to other classic filmmakers... results in zombie - like movies.»
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The peculiar mutual dependence of the comic book protagonist / antagonist relationship and the strange emptiness that arises upon its dissolution forms the basis of Dreamworks» Megamind an exuberant new animated comedy from director Tom McGrath (The Madagascar films) and writers Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons.
From the opening monologue that advises audiences to look close, but not so much that the details eclipse the bigger picture, the film's dependence is evident, with the feature predicated upon the tricks of the trade.
These lineages can spread beyond games: plenty of book and film influences create imaginative patterns that are then sustained in the fictional worlds of games — from the utter dependence of Halo: Combat Evolved upon James Cameron's Aliens to the massive debt Dungeons & Dragons owes to Tolkien, Moorcock, and the other twentieth century fantasy writers.