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From the Short Cuts book Fantasy Cinema: Impossible Worlds on Screen.

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Often dismissed as simple escapist tales of sword and sorcery, fantasy is one of the fundamental impulses in filmmaking, a source of some of the most vivid and memorable films ever made that reaches far beyond the confines of a single genre. As well as some of the major genres, stylistic approaches and exponents of cinematic fantasy - from Georges Méliè̀s, Walt Disney, and Andrei Tarkovsky to contemporary fantasists such as Terry Gilliam and Peter Jackson - this volume focuses on fantasy's social function with case studies including The Thief of Baghdad (1924), Excalibur (1981), the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03), and Bruce Almighty (2003). Taking in the popular and the experimental, subversive desires and reactionary dreams, this book is an accessible introduction to one of the vital energies in cinema. The Short Cuts series is a comprehensive list of introductory texts covering the full spectrum of Film Studies, specifically designed for building an individually-styled library for all students and enthusiasts of cinema and popular culture.


Three films are considered lost:
- La cigale et la fourmi (1897)
- La caverne maudite (1898)
- Le petit chaperon rouge (1901)

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    The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.

    1953, in 4 top lists Check
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    The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

    1958, in 4 top lists Check
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
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    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

    1917, in 1 top list Check
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    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    1918, in 1 top list Check
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    Alice in Wonderland

    1966, in 2 top lists Check
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    Barbe-bleue

    1901 — a.k.a. Bluebeard, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 16 -

    The Beastmaster

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 17 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 18 -

    Between Two Worlds

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  11. 19 -

    Beyond Tomorrow

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  12. 20 -

    Big Fish

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 28 -

    Bruce Almighty

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 32 -

    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch...

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 33 +1

    Clash of the Titans

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 34 +1

    The Company of Wolves

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 35 +1

    Conan the Barbarian

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  18. 36 +1

    Conan the Destroyer

    1984, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 39 +1

    Deathstalker

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 40 +2

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 42 +2

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 43 +2

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 44 +2

    Dragonslayer

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  24. 45 +2

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  25. 46 +2

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  26. 49 +2

    Excalibur

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 50 +2

    The Fall

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 52 +2

    Fantasia

    1940, in 20 top lists Check
  29. 53 +2

    Fire and Ice

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 57 +2

    Freaky Friday

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 58 +2

    Gedo senki

    2006 — a.k.a. Tales from Earthsea, in 1 top list Check
  32. 59 +2

    Ghost

    1990, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 60 +2

    The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 61 +2

    Giulietta degli spiriti

    1965 — a.k.a. Juliet of the Spirits, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 63 +2

    The Golden Compass

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 64 +2

    The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  37. 66 +2

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 67 +2

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

    2001, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 69 +2

    Hawk the Slayer

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 71 +2

    Il fiore delle mille e una notte

    1974 — a.k.a. Arabian Nights, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 76 +2

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  42. 78 +2

    Jabberwocky

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 79 +2

    Jason and the Argonauts

    1963, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 81 +2

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 82 +2

    Krull

    1983, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 84 +2

    Kaidan

    1964 — a.k.a. Kwaidan, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 85 +2

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 88 +1

    Labyrinth

    1986, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 89 +1

    Lady in the Water

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 93 +1

    Le palais des mille et une nuits

    1905 — a.k.a. The Palace of Arabian Knights, in 2 top lists Check
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