Part I of III We frequently look back to Orpheus by retelling…
Month: July 2020 (page 2)
“The Song is Now Yours”: Fandom and Transmediality in The Adventure Zone Podcast
“The song is now yours, just as the story has always been yours” (Ep.…
One Story, Several Voices: Transmediality and Adaptation
Week Intro I want to do something different for this week. I…
“You Can’t Stop a Story Being Told”: Why the Story Counts in Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Right now, someone is telling a story. Someone is always telling a…
“What is Light Without Darkness?”: The Shadow Dance in Legend (1985)
Sometimes you come across a scene which stays with you, forever etched…
Building Venus: Automaton Lore in The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
I once watched a woman perform a 5- minute-long aria after her…
“Living in a Fairy Tale”: The World as a Story in Big Fish (2003)
Hollywood is addicted to love at first sight. It’s rather symbolic of…
Far, Far, Away: Atmosphere and Reinvention in Film
A fairy tale can transform the ridiculous and seemingly naïve into something…
Finding “The Best Place by the Fire”: Jim Henson’s The Storyteller (1987-1991) and The 10th Kingdom (2000)
Why do we tell stories about impossible things? What is the point…
“I Was Dancing the White Swan”: Acting as Possession in Black Swan (2010)
Updated June 10 There is a moment when someone shares a story…