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Katherine A. Fowkes
ISBN: 9781444320589
Format: Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre. Providing in-depth historical and critical overviews of the genre, The Fantasy Film explores the boundaries of fantasy throughout history and the expansion of this important genre in contemporary film.
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
| ISBN | 1444320580 | | Pages | 216 | | ISBN13 | 9781444320589
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 464 | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Published in | Chicester | | Imprint | Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) | | Series title | New Approaches to Film Genre | | Format | Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item | | Height (mm) | 229 | | Publication date | 19 Feb 2010 | | Width (mm) | 160 | | DEWEY | 791.43615 | | Spine width (mm) | 26 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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List of Plates. Acknowledgements. 1. What's in a Name: Defining the Elusive Fantasy Genre. 2. Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview. 3. A Brief Critical Overview: Literary and Film Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror. 4. The Wizard of Oz (1939): Over the Rainbow. 5. Harvey (1950): A Happy Hallucination?. 6. Always (1989): Spielberg's Ghost from the Past. 7. Groundhog Day (1993): No Time Like the Present. 8. Big (1988): Body and Soul/"Hearts and Souls". 9. Shrek (2001): Like an Onion. 10. Spider-Man (2002): The Karmic Web. 11. The Lord of the Rings (2001-3): Tolkien's Trilogy or Jackson's Thrillogy?. 12. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005): A Joyful Spell. 13. Harry Potter I-VI (2001-9): Words are Mightier than the Sword. 14. Conclusion: Imagine That! References. Index.
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