Sentences with phrase «fictional creation»

«The problem with real ghosts, as opposed to the elegant fictional creations of the likes of MR James and Susan Hill, is that their behaviour is so erratic and irritating,» write the Telegraph «s reviewer of a new book called A Natural History of Ghosts.

Played by Michael B. Jordan with a juvenile ardor, rage boiling under his skin, Killmonger is a beautiful fictional creation, the embodiment of this passage from German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk's Rage and Time: «The person who is en - raged in the highest form enters the world like a bullet enters the battle... Wherever rage flames up we are dealing with the complete warrior.»

In doing so, Holden Caulfield becomes less a spontaneous fictional creation than the logical sum of Salinger's romantic frustrations, his run - ins with hectoring authority figures, and his scarring visions of Nazi death camps (realized on budget here as blue - tinted glimpses of gaunt silhouettes and hands clutching past barbed wire).

Moments that might strike childless viewers as schmaltzy — like the audience's last glimpse of Richard Kind's Bing Bong, a character who seems to have grated on David but whom I regard as one of the great fictional creations of the year — provided my 9 - year - old and me with our first - ever experience of weeping together over a work of art.

His signature fictional creation, Forrest Gump, routinely found himself in the maelstrom of historical events and much to the delight of readers — and movie audiences — even interacted with icons such as President Kennedy and MLK Jr..

Like her famous fictional creation, Brontë herself took bold steps throughout her life to pursue personal and professional fulfillment.

What did Paul Schabas do when he learned that Gerald Ranking's purported client in a civil case was actually a non-existent fictional creation?

... both are fictional creations of man.

Both of them were 12 - years - old at the time of the crime, and told police that they attacked their classmate to appease «Slender Man,» a fictional creation of internet horror sites.

Gyllenhaal plays two characters, but one of them is a fictional creation of the other.

Nobody geeks out over the trivia of this franchise better than the fictional creations who lived through it, but even they can't predict what comes next.

It's probably telling that I can't recall much of Oldman's dialogue from «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy» (2011), in which he played John le Carré's memorable antihero George Smiley — a fictional creation, to be sure, but no less determined a steward of his nation's place in history than Churchill.

She fully admits the difficulties in separating a fictional creation from personal reality, and her candor makes for a fascinating contrast between the contemporary sound - bytes for present - day interviews, and the less mature comments found in her vintage segment.

Here, we're forced to confront the face and mind of Piet Blomfeld (Eric Bana), a fictional creation based — according to the film's coda — on multiple sources of real - life individuals who went through the TRC's process.

The streaming company, spending freely at Sundance, nabbed rights to a doc about»90s author JT Leroy — who was also a fictional creation of San Francisco Laura Albert.

The twist is that this character is himself a fictional creation of Neruda's artistic imagination, putting a post-modern twist on the true - life crime drama.

But when two fans find their obsession has real - world consequences, Sean must deal with the reality of his fictional creation.

As her fictional creation Rosie makes clear, «this is a medical issue, but mostly it's a cultural issue.

The blimp that you describe hovering over Port of Spain seems so preposterous that it's shocking to discover that it's real and not your fictional creation.

The fact that it takes place in a building that exists and housed people like Renee, who herself is a fictional creation based upon real people's lives, lends the game some weight.

Breitmore, although a fictional creation, was an attractive blond who had her own apartment, advertised for roommates, went to a shrink, was photographed extensively, and had her own driver's license.

The list, by most counts, contained just nine African American artists — one of whom was the fictional creation of a white, male artist.

Curry's main and most flawed argument was that information in the latest IPCC report should decrease our confidence in human - caused global warming; an argument she based in large part on the supposed global warming «pause», which is itself a fictional creation.

I think he's as cynical as the empires he mocks, ultimately, and knows more about his fictional creations than he lets on.