The fantasy film
By: Katherine A. Fowkes
Series: New approaches to film genre
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, U.K; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781405168786; 9781405168793
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What's in a name : defining the elusive fantasy genre; title: Once upon a time : a brief historical overview; title: A brief critical overview : literary and film fantasy; title: Science fiction and horror; title: The wizard of Oz (1939) : over the rainbow; title: Harvey (1950) : a happy hallucination?; title: Always (1989) : Spielberg's ghost from the past; title: Groundhog day (1993) : no time like the present; title: Big (1988) : body and soul/"hearts and souls"; title: Shrek (2001) : like an onion; title: Spider-man (2002) : the karmic web; title: The lord of the rings (2001-3) : Tolkien's trilogy or Jackson's thrillogy?; title: The chronicles of Narnia : the lion, the witch and the wardrobe (2005): a joyful spell; title: Harry Potter I-VI (2001-9) : words are mightier than the sword; title: Conclusion : imagine that!