Sentences with phrase «on biblical tales»

I've always been fascinated by experimental takes on Biblical tales.

Not exact matches

Even a more moderate historian — one who suspects that the biblical account of Solomon's reign is based on folk tales and legends that circulated more than a half millennium after the real Solomon lived, yet is open to the possibility that these folk tales and legends hark back to a historical figure — may have reservations about crediting this legendary Solomon with the fortifications and gates at Hazor, Gezer and Megiddo.

Near biblical in scope and legendary in significance, it comes from Victor Hugo's sweeping tale of romance and redemption set in 19th century France, a country only a few years beyond its radical social and political upheaval that would have a lasting impact on the country and the world.

Moses himself, Christian Bale, was on hand to preview more than 30 minutes of footage from Fox's Biblical tale.

Based on the best seller of the same name by Nechama Tec, Defiance is an epic tale of Biblical proportions which explores a variety of universal themes ranging from vengeance to salvation.

Even though you believe Crowe as Noah, Connelly as Naameh and so on, it's still tough to disconnect from the fact that it's Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and so on, acting out a Biblical tale.

On the surface, Russell Crowe starring in a biblical tale directed by Darren Aronofosky («Requiem for a Dream», «Black Swan») sounds like Oscar bait.

This jaunty, action - packed tall tale, inspired by an old sea chantey and the biblical story of Noah, centers on a youngster determined to leave her mark on the world.

«The Children's Hospital, a sprawling and impassioned morality tale in which a catastrophe of biblical scale wipes out nearly all life, human and otherwise, on Earth... despite its weaknesses, The Children's Hospital establishes Chris Adrian as a remarkable American fabulist in the tradition of Melvin Jules Bukiet and Tony Kushner, writers who define and confront the terrifying moral choices of a new century.»

Despite it being the ultimate biblical tale of revenge, Sigmar Polke's zestfully colored screenprint zooms in on the very act of deceit.

For the first nine years of his career, he focused on the creation of an epic, allegorical tale, shaped, in part, by the Biblical stories with which he grew up.