"Boogie Nights" is constructed like a Zola novel, built around group scenes that offer panoramic portraits of specific social and professional classes.

After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society."

For instance, a family portrait taken at the dinner table could contain links to panoramic portraits of each person's circle of friends.

But the stage version does scant justice to the book's panoramic portrait of late-1980s London with its pubs, clubs and ecstasy-filled raves.

Photojournalists represented by the Magnum Photos agency present a panoramic, collective portrait of New Yorkers.

He was famous for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society.

Photojournalists represented by the renowned Magnum Photos agency present a panoramic, collective portrait of the people of New York City.

"The American Clock" (1980), inspired by Studs Terkel's "Hard Times," attempts to provide a panoramic portrait of the Depression.

Nevertheless they introduce this year's list with an earnest, panoramic portrait of American youth:

A third ("The Great Game") attempts to create a panoramic portrait of people attending a cricket match, while clumsily inserting references to a terrorist in order to build suspense.