Encountering the Impossible
The Fantastic in Hollywood Fantasy Cinema
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2021
268 pages
978-1-4384-8460-0 (ISBN)
Description
The first academic explanation for how spectators use their imaginations as part of the experience and appreciation of popular fantasy filmmaking.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
Total Illustrations: 86
Total Illustrations: 86
ISBN-13
978-1-4384-8460-0 (9781438484600)
Schweitzer Classification
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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.
Content
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
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
