People in the fictional Hårga commune carve runes and tuck them under…
Category: Reinventing the Fairy Tale
“Olympus Would Be That Way”: Hercules (1997) and Disney’s Mythology
“From Zero to Hero” When I was in elementary school, we had…
“We Forget [and Remake] Who We Are”: What Returns in Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
“Once Upon a Time…” What does it mean when a story introduces…
“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…