The Fantasy Film ( New Approaches to Film Genre )

Publication series ：New Approaches to Film Genre

Author： Katherine A. Fowkes  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9781444320596

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405168793

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781405168786

Subject： J905 Movie, tv televisions reviews, enjoy

Language： ENG

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Description

The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre.

  • Includes analyses of a wide range of films, from early classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Harvey to Spiderman and Shrek, and blockbuster series such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Harry Potter films
  • Provides in-depth historical and critical overviews of the genre
  • Fully illustrated with screen shots from key films

Chapter

CONTENTS

pp.：  9 – 11

LIST OF PLATES

pp.：  11 – 13

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

pp.：  13 – 15

CHAPTER 1 WHAT’S IN A NAME Defining the Elusive Fantasy Genre

pp.：  15 – 29

CHAPTER 2 ONCE UPON A TIME A Brief Historical Overview

pp.：  29 – 52

CHAPTER 3 A BRIEF CRITICAL OVERVIEW Literary and Film Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror

pp.：  52 – 69

CHAPTER 4 THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) Over the Rainbow

pp.：  69 – 82

CHAPTER 5 HARVEY (1950) A Happy Hallucination?

pp.：  82 – 95

CHAPTER 6 ALWAYS (1989) Spielberg’s Ghost from the Past

pp.：  95 – 106

CHAPTER 7 GROUNDHOG DAY (1993) No Time Like the Present

pp.：  106 – 118

CHAPTER 8 BIG (1988) Body and Soul/‘‘Hearts and Souls’’

pp.：  118 – 128

CHAPTER 9 SHREK (2001) Like an Onion

pp.：  128 – 138

CHAPTER 10 SPIDER-MAN (2002) The Karmic Web

pp.：  138 – 148

CHAPTER 11 THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2001–3) Tolkien’s Trilogy or Jackson’s Thrillogy?

pp.：  148 – 159

CHAPTER 12 THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (2005) A Joyful Spell

pp.：  159 – 170

CHAPTER 13 HARRY POTTER I–VI (2001–9) Words are Mightier than the Sword

pp.：  170 – 185

CHAPTER 14 CONCLUSION Imagine That!

pp.：  185 – 189

REFERENCES

pp.：  189 – 200

INDEX

pp.：  200 – 215

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