“Once Upon a Time…” What does it mean when a story introduces…
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“What is Light Without Darkness?”: The Shadow Dance in Legend (1985)
Sometimes you come across a scene which stays with you, forever etched…
“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…
“It’s Not Magic; It’s Just Shiny”: Making Magic in The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Deep down, we want certain fairy tales to come true. We are…
“And They Lived Happily”: Cinderella and Ever After (1998)
I never liked Cinderella. Even as a kid, it was my least…
“Once Upon a Time”: Convention and Reinvention in Film
“Once Upon a Time” is so perfectly unspecific that it opens itself…