marionettes

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My timings, my instincts, the way that I thought, the way I saw it in my head could be expressed through these really high-tech marionettes on a computer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Fincher said the hard part was giving the marionettes a feeling of suspension.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

An air of phoniness looms over the characters, who appear like marionettes in Coté’s cool, distant tableaux.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2023

"In the 1940s marionettes were the predominant style of puppetry, then television came along with The Muppets and that become the predominant image of puppetry," Mr Mander said.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022

It was as though the masked wizards on the ground were puppeteers, and the people above them were marionettes operated by invisible strings that rose from the wands into the air.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling