Sentences with phrase «with fictional lives»
Well - researched history was intermingled perfectly with fictional lives.
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Jackson gave Shaq a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddartha, a fictional account of the life of Buddha, with the hope that it might make the goofy young centre think about his relationship with material possessions, creating a spiritual change that would, in the end, make him a better player.
«I manipulated images, captioned them with a fictional narrative, and presented them as real life.»
A short description of all religions: A fictional narrative intended to help people avoid dealing with some of the harsh realities of life and encourage them to be better citizens and members of the society in which they live.
For my own children, in this video - gaming age, what those fictional children get away with is simply unimaginable, except as the stories themselves seed the imagination, and the lives of the characters work their way into the life of the real child, enlarging that child's world.
The Bible is full of fairy tales and should only be taken as a piece of literature of great importance just as the Odyssey is, but it shouldn't be used to govern one's life, much less to help build a relationship with the biggest fictional and ever - changing character in human history.
Why don't we just live with what people (fictional or not) are and not try to change them just to appease someone, (while offending someone else, by the way)?
Here is my evil plan — Create a fictional character, have him born into poverty in a part of the world full of strife with no recorded history, cast some doubts on his conception (that will keep them guessing), leave a decade or so gap in his life story, re-introduce him in the middle of nowhere and tell everyone he has all these amazing powers, he confounds and confuses all his followers and tells them not to tell anyone about what he does or where he is going and Oh yeah, they are all prostiitutes and tax cheats and lepers and the really lowlifes of society, deny them the chance to follow him, set him at odds with both the government and the church powers of his time, cast doubts on his seexuality and intelligence, make it so he refuses anyone to come to his aid and kill him in the most horrible way imaginable, then hide his body, make it so nothing he does can be historically proven.
As it was with her first book and memoir: Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, Lauren's fictional debut proves, yet again, that she has what it takes to leave an indelible mark.
This article was originally published with the title «Babies» Brains Naming Life Fictional Reads»
Directed by Berlin - based filmmaker Felix Randau, the $ 4 million film is a fictional account of Ötzi's life, all in an invented language with no subtitles.
The entertainment world has a particular fascination with bringing to life creatures both factual and fictional, and this involves more than just mechanical engineering as it's taught in university.
PlayForward is a serious role - playing video game that engages youth with a variety of challenges and choices in fictional yet realistic life situations.
Like the fictional character, Moffat lives with atopic dermatitis and has tried everything — from Chinese medicine to Crisco body wraps.
But, we're not dealing with fictional people whose lives are mapped out in a Los Angeles writers room.
I love reading and talking about inspiring true life stories, new fictional books, or classic novels with my friends!
People connect with fictional characters through empathetic feelings, and neuroscience research has shown that the same hormones and chemicals associated with stress and attachment in real life situations are released while watching TV.
I am 56 but young at heart, have various interest such as beach walking, under the stars, dancing, enjoy quite time at home in front of TV with a good movie that could b either a drama, romance, true life, fictional and comedy but will watch SOME men's action movies depends how I feel, enjoy...
A child of the eighties, I grew up with two main fictional images of single women in their thirties — Bridget Jones, the miserable singleton, desperately seeking love and dissecting every aspect of her life, whilst constantly asking herself why she was still single.
Oversees a number of sponsored initiatives to identify innovations with measurable results to suit unique needs of individuals and Paris Eustace Geller is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls and its spin - off A Year in the Life, played by Liza Weil.
Elphaba Thropp / ˈ ɛ l f ə b ə ˈ θ r ɒ p / is a fictional character in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Fixed at the pillory people feel up Grete immorally and furthermore pelt her with unsound fruits... torture photo gallery from Inquisition World porn website
This wry, wonderfully detailed film catches the enormous imbalance of a morose teen with no life experience other than the thousands of fictional and pop - culture references that fill his head and his room: A sketch of Woody Allen's head hangs over Oliver's bed.
Will Gluck's Peter Rabbit opens as one might expect for an animated / live - action film based on the misadventures of Beatrix Potter's beloved fictional animal character: with a flock of birds gliding through the sky and singing a pretty little tune worthy of Julie Andrews.
Taken a from a point of narration by Chaplin during an interview with a fictional character played by Hopkins the film simply takes you through Chaplin's life from one event to another although with many gaps.
You see, what makes Medium Cool special is that director Haskell Wexler, who is better known as a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker, combined fictional drama and actors with real life events.
Too bad she's fictional though (Random fun fact that has nothing to do with what we're talking about: Did you know that I'm married to Rosalina in Tomodachi Life?)
I want greasy broker shennanigans with extravagant uses for an over abundance of money... so I can live out my fantasies vicariously through fictional movie characters
This portrayal of the fictional black Louis Lester Band in aristocratic Britain is loosely based on the experiences of the real - life Duke Ellington Band, spiced up with mystery, music, and social satire.
Streep stars opposite her real - life daughter Mamie Gummer, who plays her fictional daughter; Rick Springfield, who takes on the role of a Flash member in love with Ricki; and Kevin Kline, who portrays Ricki's long - suffering ex-husband.»
Although it's not consistently creepy, the screenplay by Jane Goldman (Kick - Ass), adapted from Peter Ackroyd's novel, throws some true - life characters into the fictional mix, which combines with Nighy's performance to provide just enough intrigue.
The story may be fictional, but it's hard not to relate to everything happening onscreen (maybe because we live in a country filled with corruption?).
Sure, the flick is not perfect, but it does a good job of meshing real - life events and dark, literary works with the fictional narrative!
It recounts a fictional meeting of Herman Melville (played by Ben Whishaw), an aspiring writer with a fascination for fish stories born out of his own ocean experiences, interviewing the last living survivor (Brendan Gleeson) of the Essex, hoping to reveal the real events of the ship's fateful voyage.
The excellent Oscar - winning 1984 documentary «The Times of Harvey Milk» did a much better job of bringing his story to life than this dramatized hodgepodge, which mixes fictional footage with snatches of newsreel clips from the era.
This is a key element he explored in the film, with African characters from the fictional country of Wakanda, which has never been colonized or even had any trade relationships with western countries, and African - American characters, who reflect the stress of living in a country still confronting racial divides.
In many cases comic personal accounts of Ndalianis» experience of the horror sensorium compete for space: analysis of de Certeau's Practice of Everyday Life is combined with description of its manifestation in the practice of consuming contemporary media culture (her childlike joy at controlling Batman who she describes as «the greatest fictional character ever invented»).
Beginning with Bobby: The Making of An American Epic, this «making of» documentary fills in the details of how writer / director Emilio Estevez was inspired to create the huge cast of fictional characters based on real life events and situations.
Longtime fans will recognize the parallels to Mayweather — which Monáe expects — but instead of focusing on a fictional male human lover, the object of her affection is the actress Tessa Thompson, with whom Monáe is frequently photographed in real life.
Structured around scripted, fictional conversations designed to look and sound like real - life therapy sessions, complete with hushed tones and teary confessions, the film attempts to co-opt the emotional power of real - life therapy without caring about what is actually being said.
The bulk of the story takes place in the fictional town of Hawthorne, Nebraska, where Dave and Woody stop on the way to Lincoln to reunite with Woody's living relatives and old acquaintances — all of whom take his fantasy of good fortune for fact.
Semiautobiographical Willie links up with the fictional Stillwater because real - life rock critic Lester Bangs (Crowe's mentor as well as Willie's, beautifully and hilariously played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) assigns him a piece for Creem about the real - life band Black Sabbath.
A graduate of Yale with more connections than capital, Carraway comes to New York in 1922 to work in the bond market and ends up by chance living in a humble cottage next door to Gatsby's huge baronial establishment in fictional West Egg, the nouveau riche enclave on Long Island.
It is an intimate portrait of the director as he reflects on his life and career and blends documentary with fictional elements.
The details: The early British feminist movement is dramatized in Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep as real - life suffrage activist Emmeline Pankhurst, Helena Bonham Carter as real - life militant feminist Edith New, and Carey Mulligan as Maud Lancaster, a (fictional) factory worker who joins up with their cause.
On the surface, Black Panther centers on the title character, prince - turned - king T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), as he ascends to the throne of the fictional Wakanda, a super-advanced, secretive, eastern African country, and confronts the challenges with leadership, including rivals to the throne and Wakanda's deliberately isolationist way of life.
The movie keeps mixing real - life events / people with fictional elements — but not in that good E.L. Doctorow way:
8:00 pm — TCM — My Darling Clementine John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real - life Earp / Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
11:30 am — TCM — My Darling Clementine John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real - life Earp / Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
8:00 am — Fox Movie Channel — My Darling Clementine John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real - life Earp / Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
Now's your chance to see imaginary 21st - century ninja Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden and fictional 17th - century Irish samurai William from Nioh battle against (or sometimes with) the likes of 3rd - century Chinese warrior Zhao Yun from Dynasty Warriors (by way of real life).