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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Fantasy films"”.
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Pennies from Heaven: Death and the Afterlife in World War II Fantasy Films
<p>Wartime fantasy films produced by major Hollywood studios during World War II integrate the supernatural (i.e., ghosts, angels, and the afterlife) into wartime settings with relevant protagonists and themes to address the psychological trauma of wartime death and loss. Three case studies – …
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Animus, Anima, and Shadow: Gender Role Representation in Fantasy Films of the Third Wave Feminist Era
… attitudes have been especially prominent in fantasy tales, though some research suggests that contemporary (third-wave feminist era) fantasy does support alternative views. A quantitative study of fantasy films of the era reveals that characters who challenged tradition were still more likely …
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TURKISH FANTASY FICTION FILMS THEN AND NOW: AN ANALYSIS OF FANTASY FILMS PRODUCED IN EARLY 1970s TURKEY
Turkish cinema has produced very few examples of fantasy fiction genre films since its beginning in 1914 except for the 1970s Yeşilçam era. The first film ever to be made in Turkey by a Turkish filmmaker (Fuat Uzkınay) is credited as Ayastefanos’taki Rus Abidesinin Yıkılışı (The Destruction of the …
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Decolonizing the Body of the Chosen One: The Bodily Performance of Anakin Skywalker, Buffy Summers, and T'Challa
… thesis engages the figure of the Chosen One in fantasy literature. The Chosen One arises as a key figure in fantasy and exists today in the Anglo-American literary imagination as a hero above other heroes. This figure embodies Anglo-American understandings of the Hero's Journey and savior …
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Pop culture’s influence on mythological monsters as seen in children and young adult’s films
… some background information regarding children’s films and the common genre of fantasy films, also providing information regarding monsters and monstrosity. It also introduces the theorists discussed in the entirety of the dissertation and what parts of their studies are discussed. The second …
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A very British spectacle? : critical reception of the fantasy genre within contemporary British cinema
… what David Butler refers to as a ‘golden age’ of fantasy film production. The majority of fantasy films released during this time have originated from British literature, and have to some extent been produced and located within Britain, showcasing a wealth of national characters, acting talent, …
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Análisis de lo fantástico y las transiciones femeninas en el cine de Roman Polanski: "Repulsión" (1965) y "El bebé de Rosemary" (1968)
… Polanski, taking as objects of analysis the films Repulsion (1965), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). In both, the development of fantastic fiction highlights the experiences of the protagonists' hallucination while they are in a liminal situation. One of them, the experience of isolation and …