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__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 Content: Chapter 1 What's in a Name: Defining the Elusive Fantasy Genre (pages 1–14): Chapter 2 Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview (pages 15–37): Chapter 3 A Brief Critical Overview: Literary and Film Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror (pages 38–54): Chapter 4 The Wizard of Oz (1939): Over the Rainbow (pages 55–67): Chapter 5 Harvey (1950): A Happy Hallucination? (pages 68–80): Chapter 6 Always (1989): Spielberg's Ghost from the Past (pages 81–91): Chapter 7 Groundhog Day (1993): No Time Like the Present (pages 92–103): Chapter 8 Big (1988): Body and Soul/“Hearts and Souls” (pages 104–113): Chapter 9 Shrek (2001): Like an Onion (pages 114–123): Chapter 10 Spider?Man (2002): The Karmic Web (pages 124–133
Who reads The Fantasy Film (New Approaches to Film Genre)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Katherine A. Fowkes(auth.), Barry Keith Grant(eds.)
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781444320596
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fantasy, History, Sports
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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