Sergeant Encountering the Impossible

The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8460-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema

The first academic explanation for how spectators use their imaginations as part of the experience and appreciation of popular fantasy filmmaking.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sergeant, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A Note on Terminology

Introduction

1. What is The Fantastic?

2. Continuity and Cathexis: Character, Space, and Time in the Classical Hollywood Fantasy Film, 1930–1945

3. The Wonder Film: Postclassical Fantasy Cinema and Phantasies of Introjection, 1946–1975

4. High Fantasy Blockbusters: Alternative Worlds and Phantasies of Projection, 1976–1991

5. Interpreting the Fantastic: Contemporary Fantasy Cinema and Symbol Formation, 1992–2018

Conclusion: The Fantastic Beyond Hollywood Fantasy Cinema?

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Sergeant is Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Portsmouth. He is the coeditor (with Christopher Holliday) of Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres, which was Runner Up for Best Collection at the 2019 BAFTSS (British Association for Television & Screen Studies) awards. He is the founder of Fantasy-Animation.org and co-host of the Fantasy/Animation podcast.