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Chapter 2. Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview

  1. Katherine A. Fowkes

Published Online: 19 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9781444320589.ch2

Book Title

The Fantasy Film

The Fantasy Film

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How to Cite

Fowkes, K. A. (2010) Once upon a Time: A Brief Historical Overview, in The Fantasy Film, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444320589.ch2

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 19 FEB 2010
  2. Published Print: 2 APR 2010

Book Series:

  1. New Approaches to Film Genre

Book Series Editors:

  1. Barry Keith Grant

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405168786

Online ISBN: 9781444320589

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Keywords:

  • roots of fantasy fiction tapping ancient myths, legends, and folk tales;
  • modern fantasy - inheritance of the nineteenth century;
  • The Grimms, intentionally reshaping folk tales - creating a kind of modern German mythology;
  • Brothers Grimm, groundwork for worldwide success of fairy tales - in Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Cinderella;
  • science and technology - point of contention in science fiction movies, and special-effects marvels;
  • film genres, science fiction and fantasy - expressions of birth and evolution of cinema itself;
  • fantasy harnessesing cinema's ability - creating illusions, telling stories about illusions themselves;
  • The Wizard of Oz, immersion in a fantasy world – the wizard calling attention to technology, creating fantasy and illusion;
  • King Kong (1933), scary super-sized simian - fantasy or science fiction, impact on popular imagination;
  • fantasy films and special effects with virtual reality and Imax technologies - fantasy mutating itself
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