Fowkes The Fantasy Film

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2059-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Approaches to Film Genre

The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview ofthis revitalized and explosively popular film genre.
* Includes analyses of a wide range of films, from early classicssuch as The Wizard of Oz and Harvey toSpiderman and Shrek, and blockbuster series such asThe Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Harry Potterfilms
* Provides in-depth historical and critical overviews of thegenre
* Fully illustrated with screen shots from key films

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fowkes, Katherine A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Plates ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 What's in a Name: Defining the Elusive Fantasy Genre 1
2 Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview 15
3 A Brief Critical Overview: Literary and Film Fantasy, ScienceFiction and Horror 38
4 The Wizard of Oz (1939): Over the Rainbow 55
5 Harvey (1950): A Happy Hallucination? 68
6 Always (1989): Spielberg's Ghost from the Past 81
7 Groundhog Day (1993): No Time Like the Present 92
8 Big (1988): Body and Soul/"Hearts and Souls" 104
9 Shrek (2001): Like an Onion 114
10 Spider-Man (2002): The Karmic Web 124
11 The Lord of the Rings (2001-3): Tolkien'sTrilogy or Jackson's Thrillogy? 134
12 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe (2005): A Joyful Spell 145
13 Harry Potter I-VI (2001-9): Words are Mightier thanthe Sword 156
14 Conclusion: Imagine That! 171
References 175
Index 186

Über Autor(innen)

Katherine A. Fowkes is the 2011 Ruth Ridenhour Distinguished Scholar at High Point University where she is a Professor of Media Studies. She is the author of Giving Up the Ghost: Spirits, Ghosts and Angels in Mainstream Comedy Films (1998).