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Call No: 735.3 (73) WAL
Author: Walters, James
Source: US
Place: Bristol; Chicago
Publisher: Intellect
PubDate: 2008
PhysDes: 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Subject: FANTASTIC FILMS; FANTASY FILMS; DREAMS IN FILMS; MEMORY IN FILMS; INNOCENCE IN FILMS; REPETITION IN FILMS; TIME IN FILMS; POINT-OF-VIEW; NARRATIVE IN FILMS; FLEMING, VICTOR; LANG, FRITZ; GONDRY, MICHEL; CAPRA, FRANK; RAMIS, HAROLD; MINNELLI, VINCENTE; ROSS, GARY; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939); WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, THE (US, Fritz Lang, 1944); ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (US, Michael Gondry, 2004); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946); GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993); BRIGADOON (US, Vincente Minnelli, 1954); PLEASANTVILLE (US, Gary Ross, 1998); DONNIE DARKO (US, Richard Kelly, 2001); BACK TO THE FUTURE [...] (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985-90); ABRE LOS OJOS (SP, Alejandro Amenabar, 1997); AWFUL TRUTH, THE (US, Leo McCarey, 1937); LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE (US/CN, Martin Scorsese, 1988); MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE (US, Orson Welles, 1942); LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (US, Max Ophuls, 1948)
Summary: "The use of alternate realities in cinema has been brought to new heights by such recent films as 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' and 'Donnie Darko'. 'Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema' is the first book to analyze these imaginary realms, tracing their construction and development across periods, genres and history. "Through an analysis of such landmark films as 'The Wizard of Oz', 'It's a Wonderful Life' and 'Groundhog Day', Walters reveals how unconventional worlds are crucial to each film's dramatic agenda and narrative structure. This groundbreaking volume unifies decades of divergent work by film scholars and points the way towards a new theoretical framework for understanding fantasy in the context of popular film. 'Alternative Worlds in Hollywood Cinema' will be an essential resource for film studies scholars and movie buffs alike." (Taken from the back cover.)
Notes: Includes Filmography, Bibliography and Index
ISBN: 9781841502021

Call No: 409(73) RYA
Copy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2
Author: Ryan, Michael, 1951; Kellner, Douglas, 1943
Place: Bloomington, Ind.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
PubDate: 1988
PhysDes: xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: DISASTERS IN FILMS. USA; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS. USA; WORKING CLASS IN FILMS. USA; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA; SOUTH IN FILMS. USA; WOMEN IN FILMS. USA; BUDDY FILMS. USA; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS; HORROR FILMS. USA; VIETNAM WAR FILMS; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA; FANTASY FILMS. USA; UTOPIA IN FILMS. USA; COMMUNISM AND THE CINEMA. USA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA; CONSPIRACY FILMS. USA; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; COPPOLA, FRANCIS FORD; BORDEN, LIZZIE; CIMINO, MICHAEL; Peckinpah, Sam; Reagan, Ronald; ROMERO, GEORGE; SCORSESE, MARTIN; HOOPER, TOBE; FRIEDKIN, WILLIAM; BROOKS, JAMES L.; DE PALMA, BRIAN; LUCAS, GEORGE; KUBRICK, STANLEY; MILIUS, JOHN; PAKULA, ALAN J.; SCOTT, RIDLEY; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977); CARNAL KNOWLEDGE (US, Mike Nichols, 1971); CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (US, Steven Spielberg, 1977); DEATH WISH (US, Michael Winner, 1974); DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978); DRESSED TO KILL (US, Brian De Palma, 1980); E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (US, Steven Spielberg, 1982); FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (US, William Friedkin, 1971); JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (US, James L. Brooks, 1983); UNDER FIRE (US, Roger Spottiswoode, 1983); SHINING, THE (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1980); APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979); DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985); DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971); GODFATHER, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972); KLUTE (US, Alan J. Pakula, 1971); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982)
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 321-324
ISBN: 0253313341
LON: 5193671

Call No: 735 GOL
Author: Goldblatt, Burt; Steinbrunner, Chris
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Saturday Review Press
PubDate: 1972
PhysDes: 282 p. : illus. ; 26 cm
Subject: FANTASY FILMS; CRITICISM
Summary: "The bizarre and the outrageous, the horifying and the romantic, the make-believe and the futuristic are the special provinces of the fantasy film. In no other film category is the terrain so breathtakingly unfamiliar, and, to guide us through it, the authors of Cinema of the Fantastic spotlight fifteen classics of the genre.Featured are A Trip to the moon, Metropolis, Freaks, King Kong, The Black Cat, The Bride of Frankenstein, Mad Love, Flash Gordon, Things to Come, The Thief of Bagdad, Beauty and the Beast, The Thing from another world, Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Forbidden Planet. Each film is generously illustrated with both studio stills and prints made from the original films. Each of these movie greats is a unique sample of the imaginary worlds of man as portrayed by the motion picture, from the early silents with their innovative trick photography to the monsters and necromancy of the thirties, to the enchanted escapist worlds of Beauty and the Beast and The Thief of Bagdad, and the invsions from outer space that exploited postwar anxieties about the achievements of science. Here, too, are the great cult films now rarely available for viewing - Freaks, the Flash Gordon serials, and Mad Love. Steinbrunner and Goldblatt trace the development of the techniques from which this form developed and bring to life the inspiring creativity of the writers, producers, and directors, actors, and actresses who established the cinema of the fantastic as a current movie staple. This book is a thorough and enthusiastic picture-and-text documention of major milestones of this fabulous specialty of cinematic art. " -BOOK JACKET
ISBN: 0841501831
Contents: -- introductory note -- a trip to the moon -- metropolis -- freaks -- king kong -- the black cat -- the bride of frankenstein -- mad love -- flash gordon -- things to come -- the thief of bagdad -- beauty and the beast -- the thing -- twenty thousand leagues under the sea -- invasion of the body snatchers -- forbidden planet -- epilogue --

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: FANTASY FILMS

Call No: FESTIVAL CATALOGUE SHELVES held 1989
Source: SP
Place: Sitges [Barcelona]
Publisher: [s.n.]
PubDate: 1989
PhysDes: 146 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Subject: FESTIVALS. SITGES; FANTASY FILMS; WORLD CINEMA
Notes: The Sitges International Fantasy Film Festival includes a selection of feature length films that deal primarily with the fantasy genre. There is a wide selection of foreign films that are included in the festival program, as well as film retrospectives on influential auteurs. The catalogue also includes numerous black and white and colour stills and film synopses relating to each film that is screened. NB. The festival catalogue is mainly restricted to the Spanish language with some sections in English.

Author: Morlot, Jean-Claude
PhysDes: Article
Subject: HORROR FILMS; FANTASY FILMS
Summary: Short reviews of films: "Der Gorilla Von Soho", "Esta Noitre Encarnarei No Teu Cadaver", "Dracula Contre Frankenstein", "Venus in Furs", "Succubus", "Horror of Frankenstein", "El Muerto Hace Maletas", "Sexy Cat", "Los Crimenes de Petiot", "La Residencia", "Panico en el Transsiberiano", "L'Incinerateur Des Cadavres", "Zero Population", "La Golve", "Velvet House", "Diabolique", "Doom Watch", "Lake of Dracula", "Au Service Du Diable", "The Other", and "Necromancy"

Call No: 735:626 MCD
Author: McDowell, John C.
Edition: 2014
Place: Jefferson, NC
Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc.
PubDate: 2014
PhysDes: 230p ; 23cm
Subject: FANTASY FILMS; IDEOLOGY IN FILMS; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA; POLITICS IN FILMS; AVENGERS, THE (US, Joss Whedon, 2012); MATRIX, THE [...] (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999-2003)
Summary: Bringing critical attention to a particular set of science fiction and fantasy films—Larry and Andy Wachowski’s The Matrix, George Lucas’ Star Wars saga, and Joss Whedon’s Avengers—this book utilizes a wide-ranging set of critical tools to illuminate their political ideologies, while also examining any resistant and complicating turns or byways the films may provide. What they all have in common ideologically is that they—or at least the genres they belong to—tend to be regarded as belonging to politically conservative frames of sociocultural reference. With the Star Wars saga, however, this idea is shown to be superficial and weak. -- publishers blurb
ISBN: 9780786474882
Contents: -- Introduction: Why so serious? -- The super body-politic: nationally assembling Joss Whedon's exceptional The avengers -- "He was deceived by a lie": tragedy and the dark plague of the politics of fear in George Lucas' Star wars -- Dystopian polyvalence: emancipating the mediated life from The matrix --

Call No: 79BUF REA
Author: Kaveny, Roz (ed.)
Edition: revised
Source: UK/US
Place: London
Publisher: Tauris Parke
PubDate: 2004
PhysDes: xiv, 322 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Subject: SUPERNATURAL IN FILMS; FANTASY FILMS; HORROR FILMS; BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (US, Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992); BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV] (US, 1997-2004); ANGEL [TV] (US, 1999-)
Summary: "Reading the Vampire Slayer was much praised on its first appearance as the indespensible and accessible companion to Buffy and its spin-off series Angel. This radically expanded and revised new edition is the only book to explore the complete Buffy. The editor's introduction now considers the themes and structures of the seven seasons of Buffy and the ways in which its final season rounded these off, as well as considering four seasons of Angel. Updated and wholly new chapters consider California and Los Angeles as Hellscapes; the theme of personality and performance in both shows; the Angel uses non-traditional family structures as an emotional armature; the importance of space and of locations such as Buffy's home and school, Giles' Magic Shop and Angel's hotel. They follow the transgressive heterosexuality of Buffy's relationship with the vampire Spike and the knowing flirtation of the shows with a fan culture fascinated by subtextuality-implied lesbian and gay relationships between characters. New attention is paid to Buffy's controversially dark and adult sixth season and to the seventh and final one. Reading the Vampire Slayer also provides a short episode guide to all seven seasons of Buffy and the first four seasons of Angel, as well as original interviews with Jane Epenson and Steven DeKnight, two of Buffy's top writers" -- BOOK BLURB
ISBN: 9781860649844
Contents: -- acknowledgments, resources and contributors -- the regular, recurring or otherwise significant characters -- 1: she saved the world. a lot, an introduction to the themes and structures of Buffy and Angel. Roz Kaveny -- 2: entropy as demon, Buffy in Southern California. Boyd Tonkin -- 3: writing Vampire Slayer. Interviews with Jane Espenson and Steven S. De Knight. Roz Kaveny -- 4: this was our world and they made it theirs: Reading space and place in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Karen Sayer. -- 5: What you are, what's to come. Feminisms, citizenship and the divine Buffy. Zoe-Jane Playdon. -- 6: The only thing better than killing a Slayer. Heterosexuality and sex in Buffy the Vampire Slayer'. Justine Larbalestier. -- 7: Blood and choice. The theory and practice of family in Angel. Jennifer Stoy. -- 8: They always mistake me for the character I play! Transformation, identity and role-play in the Buffyverse (and a defense of fine acting ). Ian Shuttleworth -- Episode guide --

Call No: 735 LEE
Author: Lee, Walt; Warren, Bill
Edition: Second printing
Source: US
Place: Los Angeles CA
Publisher: Chelsea-Lee Books
PubDate: 1972
PhysDes: 154,24,12 p. : illus. ; 28 cm; 202,28,12 p. : illus. ; 28 cm; 204,30,14,14 p. : illus. ; 28 cm
Subject: FILMOGRAPHIES; FANTASY FILMS; HORROR FILMS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS
Summary: Volume 1: A-F; Volume 2: G-O; Volume 3: P-Z
Notes: Includes references to other sources of information including Monthly Film Bulletin.; Afterword by Forrest J. Ackerman
ISBN: 0913974048

Call No: 735 LEN
Author: Lentz, Harris M., III
Source: US
Place: North Carolina
Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc.
PubDate: 1994
PhysDes: 854 p. ; 24 cm
Series: Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits
Subject: HORROR FILMS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; FANTASY FILMS; CREDIT TITLES
Notes: Supplement to: Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits. 1983; 1987; Includes bibliographical references
ISBN: 0899509274
Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I. Actors and Actresses -- Section II. Directors, Producers, Screenwriters, Cinematographers, Special Effects Technicians, Make-Up Artists, Art Directors, and Others -- Section III. Film Index -- Section IV. Television Index -- Bibliography --

Author: Marks, Dick
PhysDes: Article
Subject: FANTASY FILMS. USA; FRASER, GREIG; SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN (US, Rupert Sanders, 2012)
Summary: Cinematographer Greig Fraser shares his technical insights into filming the fantasy film, 'Snow White and The Huntsman'

Call No: 79(04)XME XME
Author: Bucciferro, Claudia
Source: US
Place: Lanham, Maryland
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
PubDate: c2016
PhysDes: 241 pages ; 24 cm
Subject: THEORY; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; UTOPIA IN FILMS; FANTASY FILMS; WOMEN IN FILMS; MASCULINITY IN FILMS; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS; X-MEN (US, Bryan Singer, 2000); X-MEN 2 (US, Bryan Singer, 2003) SEE X2; X2 (US, Bryan Singer, 2003); X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (US, Brett Ratner, 2006); X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (US/NZ/AT, Gavin Hood, 2009); X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (US, Matthew Vaughn, 2011); X-MEN : DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (US/ UK, Bryan Singer, 2014)
Summary: " In The X-Men Films: A Cultural Analysis, Claudia Bucciferro has assembled a collection of essays that draw from work in communication, cultural studies, and media studies. With contributions from a diverse group of scholars, the chapters analyze issues that include gender, sexuality, disability, class, and race. The contributors pose intriguing questions about the franchise, such as: What do “mutants” really represent? What role do women and people of color play in the narratives? Why does it matter that Professor X is disabled? Why is Mystique often shown naked? What facilitated Wolverine’s rise to prominence? And how do topics regarding identity, trauma, and bioethics, figure in the stories? Exploring issues relevant for a multicultural world and connecting thematic elements from the films to political debates and social struggles, the book seeks to make a thoughtful contribution to the scholarship of popular culture. The X-Men Films will appeal to media scholars and students, as well as to anyone interested in the X-Men series." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781442265332
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction / Claudia Bucciferro -- part I Utopian and Immersive Experiences -- 1: Mutopia: American Utopianism and the Mutant Superhero / Matt Yockey -- 2: The Immersive Marketing Campaign for X-Men: Days of Future Past / Nicolo Gallio -- part: II Agency and Authority -- 3: Superhuman Authority: Fascism and Bioethics in the X-Men Films / Evan Hayles Gledhill -- 4: Magneto's Dilemma: The Technological Limitations of Mutant Transhumanism / Ron Von Burg and D. Stokes Piercy -- 5: PTXD: Gendered Narratives of Combat, Trauma, and the Civil-Military Divide / Christina M Knopf and Christine M Doran -- part III Women and Power -- 6: Containing the X-Women: De-powering and De-queering Female Characters / Carolyn Cocca -- 7: Shape-Shifting Identity: Mystique's Embodied Agency / Jason Zingsheim -- 8: The "Stolen" Superpowers of Marvel's Rogue / Julie Davis and Robert Westerfelhaus -- 9: The Curious Case of "Dr" Jean Grey, Mystique, and Mariko / Barbara Cook Overton, Athena du Pre, Loretta L Pecchioni and John H Overton -- part IV Masculinity and Race -- 10: Wolverine in Transition: Shifting Portrayals of Masculinity and Identity / Nathan Miczo -- 11: Techno-Orientalist Villains and White Masculinity in the Wolverine Movies / David C Oh -- 12: Reframing Disabled Masculinity: Xavier as Marvel's Supercrip / Jessica Benham -- 13: Mutating Minorities: White Racial Framing and Group Positioning / Jason Smith -- part V Passing and Otherness -- 14: Passing While Homo Superior / Kat Overland -- 15: Mutancy, Otherness, and Empathy in the X-Men / Claudia Bucciferro -- epilogue / Jason Zingsheim and Claudia Bucciferro -- index -- about the editor and contributors --