Sentences with phrase «fictionalized form»

Had the film been more about that aspect of it, and less about the root causes of hatred, perhaps we'd have something truly unique to separate this story from the plethora of World War II tales that have emerged over the years, especially Bridge on the River Kwai, which deals with the same subject in a fictionalized form.

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.

Not exact matches

The tale of French acrobat Philippe Petit's 1974 attempt to walk a tightrope between the Twin Towers already formed the basis of an Oscar - winning documentary, Man on Wire, so we assume Zemeckis has a strong shot with this fictionalized retelling featuring a heavily accented Gordon - Levitt.

It should be noted, of course, that Mark Schultz's version of the events is readily available in the form of his memoir, Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold, which he is also promoting online while disparaging the fictionalized film directed by Bennett Miller.

Steve Carell signed on to star in Robert Zemeckis» fictionalized version of the documentary Marwencol way back in 2015, and now Deadline is reporting that he's finally getting some company in the form of Leslie Mann and Janelle Monáe.

This is a playful, somewhat fictionalized account of the life and times of Irish gang - boss Martin Cahill, and a fine return to form for writer - director John Boorman.

Phillips, a novelist who draws deeply from history's well, fictionalizes the lives of three black men in England to form an indelible triptych depicting the suffering of individuals condemned to the status of aliens and undesirables.

In this fictionalized account, he and friends form a ragtag crew and join the Carnival parade, where they're crowned «Best Band.»

Now, though, memoirs have emerged as a dominant form, often with fictionalized details and dialogue.

Performances and fictionalized, self - referential mythologies played a large role in their work — the group staged beauty pageants, boutiques, television talk shows, trade fair pavilions, and more, and their work often took on unconventional forms of media such as prints, magazines, posters, crests, and postcards.

Life became art, fictionalized truth and made - up narrative transmuted into form.

Visually striking and playfully rigorous» the films occupy wildly different stylistic positions as a means of re-animating the ways in which form can become the unquestioned carrier of meaning — by the way in which meaning is implied through metaphor or example, inscribed by case studies, fictionalized in props or interpreted in art criticism, status symbols and as the evidence of crime...