How is the influence of film evident in the play Angels in America?

I think that this is a very interesting idea. I would say that
the epic style of the drama is reflective of how film, as a genre, has helped to expand the
artistic imagination of both viewer and writer. The idea that a film can convey epics had been
something that was in evidence for some time prior to Kushner's work. In this light, the play is
able to take on the form of an epic, spanning different times and conditions, but being unified
by the idea of exploring the disintegration of relationships in the modern setting. The ability
to bring out global themes through the problems of individual people is something for which film
has become known. The play does this in much the same way. Political statements, artistic ideas,
and intellectual themes can be explored in the style of an epic, while focusing on the individual
narratives. This is one way in which film has influenced the development of Kushner's
drama.