The clash of civilizations and conflicts of weaponry emerge as a set of miniature epic battles of wills and wiles that predate the rival social orders.

NEWYORKER: Essential Killing

The delicate artwork displays famous Afghan landmarks set in a miniature golden background.

FORBES: Writer Grieves for One of Afghanistan's Lost Women

Few directors risk upstaging their movies with credit sequences as effervescent as the one with which Sacha Guitry (who also wrote the script and stars) opens this 1936 comedy: in a miniature satire on life behind the scenes on a movie set, he introduces the cast and crew, tipping his hand regarding the tricks of the trade.

NEWYORKER: The Story of a Cheat

It was akin to stumbling on to the set of Micro Machines: the Movie but with the people in miniature.

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