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Those movies proved there is a market for large-scale live-action fables employing practical and realistic special effects, along with massive sets built on location.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Interlaced with the prosaic reflections are a series of fables involving inhabitants from the present and past.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

"The great thing about these movies is that they are like fables," Byron Howard, one of the two directors, told AFP in Los Angeles.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

Hawley and the actor jointly decided to assign this physical trait to Kirsh, a visual ode to Roy Batty, Rutger Hauer’s formidable Replicant from “Blade Runner,” another of Scott’s futuristic fables.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2025

At night, instead of my mother telling stories, I would tell stories of Hansel and Gretel, Pinocchio, Cinderella and the fables of Aesop.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane



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