Sentences with phrase «influenced by nostalgia»

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While his economic strategy was by no means so one - sided and simplistic as was commonly believed in the 1960s and»70s and although he still proclaimed industrialization and a «technical revolution» as his goals, Mao displayed continuing anxiety regarding the corrupting influence of the fruits of technical progress and an acute nostalgia for the perceived purity and egalitarianism that had marked the moral and political world of the Jinggang Mountains and Yan» an eras.

by Walter Chaw Emboldened, perhaps, by the surprisingly good The Other Guys and the surprisingly great Get Him to the Greek, I went into Steve Pink's Hot Tub Time Machine with the belief that its high - concept idea — not the time travel, but the casting of»80s icon John Cusack in a film that would return him to his decade of greatest power and influence — would be at least enough for it to function as a fairly smart nostalgia piece.

The Alliance Alive is a game that relies heavily on nostalgia (and is more than influenced by Bravely Default), and features a vast world to explore, intertwining story involving 9 main characters, but also strategic turn - based gameplay mechanics.

Predictably, Alfa's Spider is expected to be infused with a pinch of nostalgia, but not be an outright retro design — much like the new 4C coupe, which was influenced by the Tipo 33 Stradale of the 1960s.

Such natural enthusiasms are proof of Marclay's achievement, even if they are tinged, perhaps, with nostalgia; that is, influenced by the memories and narratives we fabricate as a fortress against the passage of time.

This has had a huge influence on my work along with my love of botanical illustrations, the natural sciences and the nostalgia of museum visits where, as a child, I would be mesmerised by the variety of exhibits and the way they were displayed.

Influenced by the neighborhoods of Kennedy Street, NW, DC, Bethesda, Maryland and elsewhere, the artist reflects and invents scenes that are at once about history, change, nostalgia and social struggle.

Influenced by dreams, mythology, death, comics, love, sex, psychedelia, animation, nostalgia, and her Asian - American heritage, Lauren's work is often geared towards pushing a narrative undertone and always has a fantastical aesthetic.