The studio, Sony, rejected Mr. Soderbergh's script and dropped him from the project, and the story became a miniature Hollywood morality tale, either about a studio quashing a filmmaker's bold vision or about a filmmaker's self-indulgence reined in by the hard budgetary realities of the business.
By watching and listening, she packs her tale with miniature portraits of the townsfolk, each with their own story.
'Sleeping Beauty' (Saturday and Sunday) Think of this as the fairy tale in miniature: lasting only an hour, it is set in a tiny kingdom beneath the roots of a tree.
At 1 p.m., 12 Eldridge Street, between Canal and Division Streets, (212) 219-0302, eldridgestreet.org; $10 $88 for students and 62+; $6 for ages 5 through 18. 'SLEEPING BEAUTY' (Saturday and Sunday) Think of this as the fairy tale in miniature: lasting only an hour, it is set in a tiny kingdom beneath the roots of a tree.
I'm guessing that would impress the Sturgis crowd about as much as tales of miniature golf experience impresses the PGA leader board.
At the time, Rojas was painting miniature dark-hearted fairy tales — girls in the woods with fierce animals — and, like many young painters, she was struck by the scale of Kilgallen's work.
American children had the animated antics of Walt Disney's cartoon characters; Russian children had the characters of Ptushko: richly textured animated puppets who inhabit a miniature land, beautiful fairy-tale queens and handsome, brave heroes who defend the motherland from outside invaders.
"Thumbelina" is chiefly Andersen's invention, though he did take inspiration from tales of miniature people such as "Tom Thumb".
The miniature miners of the Grimms' tale now had whimsical names and personalities — an antidote to the tale's dark themes.
Accompanying the miniatures are anecdotes, tales of intrigue and a wealth of information about private life in early America.
It looks like a miniature forest from a fairy tale.
