Chris Garcia follows up 52 Episodes to Science Fiction Film Literacy with Fantasy Film 101, examining the history of Fantastic Film from the point of view of a guy who just loves movies! From shorts to features, I'm looking at the world of the strange, wonderful, and magical!
Episode Notes
filmhistory
film
eurovision
fantasy
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15 May 2021
S2E7 - Magical Realism & Food FIlms of the Early 20th Century
Episode Notes
Two wonderfully sweet, and strange, magical realism films of the early years of this dumb century.
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28 Apr 2021
S2E5 - Princess Nicotine
Episode Notes
The Excellent LoC look at Princess Nicotine! (https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/princess%20nicotine.pdf)
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28 Apr 2021
S2E4 - The Blood of a Poet
Senses of CInema on Blood of a Poet (https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2020/cteq/the-blood-of-a-poet-jean-cocteau-1932/)
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26 Apr 2021
S1E1 - The Life & Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra
Episode Notes
One of the original episodes, we're re-launching the first two years of the podcast!
You can view the film here (https://vimeo.com/212551702)
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19 Mar 2021
S2E3 - Footsteps on the Wind
Episode Notes
YOu can find out more about Footsteps on the Wind at https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/voices-wind-see (https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/exhibit/voices-wind-see)
It plays as a part of Cinejoy from the 20th to the 30th of March, 2021. You can find out more at https://creatics.org/cinejoy/moviepage/141287#!#pills-all (https://creatics.org/cinejoy/moviepage/141287#!#pills-all)
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17 Apr 2020
S2E2 - Big Trouble in Little China
Episode Notes
One of the most fun movies of the 1980s, and one that raises questions while making you go "Hell yeah!"
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11 Apr 2020
S2E1 - LA Story
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A wonderful film, and one I covered in 2017, and the original might make a comeback (if I can figure how to recover it!) but the film is a masterpiece of the idea that LA itself is Magic!
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6 Apr 2020
The Fall of the House of Usher
Episode Notes
The Fall of the House of Usher was the American path into the Avant Garde for film. The concept of American Cinematic Storytelling was still cooling on the window-sill, but here we see how it all came together and why a fantastical film is the only one that can move forward the state of the visual art.
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4 Apr 2020
The Tesla World Light
Episode Notes
A phenomenal short film that uses incredible visuals! I love it even though it gives WAY undue attention to that loser Tesla...
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4 Apr 2020
Toy Story and the Dangerous Habit of Noticing
Episode Notes
Toy Story was a HUGE step forward, and a large reason that Pixar led the charge to kill off profitable traditional animation, but it also took an important conceptual step into the world of questioning nothing we see.
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4 Apr 2020
Vincent by Tim Burton
Episode Notes
Vincent is an early Tim Burton film dedicated to one of those people who influenced him (and later worked with him!) It also might show where things were headed for him!
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2 Apr 2020
Willow by Ron Howard
Episode Notes
A super-fun film that broke ground visually, allowed for awesome fun over-acting, and was one of the better Fantasy films of the 1980s and 90s!
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2 Apr 2020
Make Mine Music
Episode Notes
Much like Fantasia, Make Mine Music takes musical vignettes and gives them some beautiful animation!
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31 Mar 2020
Field of Dreams
Episode Notes
Kevin Costner pretty much made his entire career on this film!
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31 Mar 2020
Fantastical Acting
Episode Notes
There is an art to acting in the world of Fantastic film. What makes a great genre actor, and who are some of the great fantasy actors.
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31 Mar 2020
Spam-Ku
Episode Notes
An incredible short comedy that happens to be an exceptionally smart fantasy in the mold of Kafka and Mike Judge.
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31 Mar 2020
Museums on Film
Episode Notes
The Museum is a place of magic, and there are several films that cross between the reality of the Museum as a place of history and reality, and the world of magic that it can hold.
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