Sentences with word «fictionalized»

My Dinner With Andre, directed by Louis Malle from a script by Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, who play fictionalized versions of themselves, became the surprise indie hit of 1981 and a cult film on the art house circuit.

Both Fujiwara's and Kasper's works expose hidden realities in engaging with narrative structures and shifts in fictionalized characters and personae.

«I'm sure a lot of people will think it's on the slow side of things,» says Corbijn, whose previous film, 2007's «Control,» was a critically acclaimed (but little seen) fictionalized biography of Ian Curtis, the lead singer of the British post-punk band Joy Division who committed suicide in 1980.

Shortly afterward, Zhao began filming him and his friends and family, gradually piecing together the lightly fictionalized story of one Brady Blackburn and his difficult physical and emotional recovery.

Keep in mind that the following nominations don't include artists nominated for nominally playing fictionalized versions of themselves, including Aziz Ansari in «Master of None,» Issa Rae in «Insecure» or Pamela Adlon in «Better Things.»

I can't get enthused for a budget that relies on fictionalized revenue projections to reach balance, even as it calls for massive tax cuts.

A new trailer has been released for Michael Winterbottom «s The Trip, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalized versions of themselves — similar to what they did in 2006's Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story.

Life is too short not to take every opportunity, in one's vocational and romantic callings, and thusly Miyazaki frames his heavily fictionalized take on Horikoshi.

The fact that Laveau was an actual 19th - century priestess adds to her intrigue, even if she's been heavily fictionalized for TV.

«The Rider» is a lightly fictionalized account of a Sioux rodeo rider (Brady Jandreau) for whom cowboy and Indian traditions are merged.

He plays himself in director Chloé Zhao's slightly fictionalized retelling of his story.

Is it considered unethical to embellish a memoir with fictionalized elements?

For her fun fictionalized memoir of sorts, Greta Gerwig has painted a coming - of - age tale almost entirely in shades of grey.

This slightly fictionalized look at a true crime follows the deeds, arrest and prosecution of Peter Manuel, Scotland's most notorious serial killer.

GLOW, an acronym for «Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling» tells a heavily fictionalized version based on true events of what happens when down - on - his - luck Hollywood director Sam Sylvia (celebrity podcaster and comedian Mark Maron) attempts to cash in on the 1980s professional wrestling craze by creating a Saturday morning wrestling show with an all - female cast.

Jacqueline Bisset, twice (first as a barely fictionalized character in the 1978 film The Greek Tycoon, then 25 years later in the television movie America's Prince).

Called Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus, it reads like a Harlequin romance of Mary's life: a paeon of praise to motherhood, with a highly fictionalized account of Mary as the chief exemplar.

I can imagine a lot of good movies developing from this premise, but as fictionalized by screenwriter Dan Fogelman, it becomes yet another soggy tale of father - son healing.

Competitors entered fictionalized resumes in nine separate categories, which ranged from best executive resume to best sales and marketing resume, best technical resume, and even best military conversion resume.

Ethan Hawke gives a fascinating performance in this reimagined biography which fictionalizes the details of Baker's late 60's comeback.

Snaith the boy read pulp thrillers, real history and fictionalized history by men like G. A. Henty.

Lightly fictionalized narratives tell of Tortuga Squad members saving other endangered species.

It was just Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing somewhat fictionalized versions of themselves and having a great deal of fun.

One of the difficult parts of writing fictionalized historical works is that savvy readers will already know how the story ends (spoiler alert: Titanic hits an iceberg, for example.)

The Mexico - City based artist is presenting an installation in three parts that revolves around a video «made up of six chapters framed within fictionalized vignettes,» with the main character «Urchin» at the centre.

As it is told to us, this story is a true one, albeit with fictionalized names.

But this energetic musical, starring Hugh Jackman in a (very) fictionalized portrait of circus pioneer P.T. Barnum, kept staying around — it «has legs,» as they say in the biz — and ultimately grossed more than $ 400 million worldwide.

Since then, we have learned that Overwatch takes place in a highly fictionalized future earth, and the universe has expanded with animated shorts and web comics.

He quoted as facts, things from fictionalized novels about dogs, and when I cross checked some of his references, they went back to things he himself had written.

HERSHMAN LEESON: It's not fictionalized at all.

It's a completely fictionalized story written by the Editor of that DumbA * ss Christian C * RAP magazine... WHAT A JOKE!!!

These images are burned into the American psyche; any attempt to recreate them in fictionalized form runs a high risk of turning into either slavish re-enactment or rosy hagiography.

It means entirely fictionalized.

Best - case scenario: Tom Hooper makes another well - acted, middle - brow, crowd - pleaser fictionalized biopic in the vein of The King's Speech.

Opening with a postmodern preamble explaining that this version of events is based on «irony - free, wildly contradictory, totally true interviews» with Harding and her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly (now Jeff Stone), the chatty, fourth wall — breaking black comedy — think The Big Short on ice — conveys much of its humor and humanity through fictionalized talking - head interviews with Tonya, Jeff (Sebastian Stan), and her mother LaVona (Allison Janney).

And just when you think you've slipped into a horror movie, Wakamatsu reminds us that, while this is a dramatization with fictionalized elements, it is based on history.

She also enlisted the actor's own family and friends, playing barely fictionalized versions of themselves to add to the authenticity.

To the extent that these interactions are staged, however, is where the debate comes in, and the often fantastical nature of the editing, cinematography and the conversations lends itself to a more fictionalized accounting.

Though fictionalized, Pearsall shines a light on Hampton, an amazing, lesser - known artist whose pieces are housed in the Smithsonian Museum, with an author's note detailing the true story.

In Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, explorers follow lava tubes from an extinct volcano to a vast cavern 87 miles underneath Europe, exiting through a volcano in Sicily, in a highly fictionalized depiction of the real phenonoma of lava tubes.

Your point about changing I to third person is so important when fictionalizing.

Dern stars as a loosely fictionalized version of documentary filmmaker Jennifer Fox, who must come to terms with the fact that she was abused at age 13 by her beloved track coach and horse - riding instructor — a relationship she had convinced herself for decades was consensual and romantic.

Many parallels exist between the two stories, the real world of Barrie (although mostly fictionalized here) and the magical one he created in the form of his play.

The revolutionary politics and chaotic history of life inside Olen Steinhauer's fictionalized Eastern European country have made his literary crime series, with its two Edgar Award nominations along with other critical acclaim, one of today's most acclaimed.

In this second book in Rosemary Zibart's Far and Away Series, which offers fictionalized accounts of unaccompanied and displaced children who found their way to the United States during World War II, Werner's father gives him a passport and a...

We were slaves to the facts as a structure, but you do fictionalize conversation within that.