Following up last week’s feature-length episode on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003), the latest Footnote looks at J.R.R. Tolkien’s seminal essay “On Fairy Stories” that engages the definitions, origins, and applications of the fairy story; the fairy vs. faerie distinction and questions of magic and imagination; sub-creation and secondary belief in the construction of fantasy’s logically-consistent fictional worlds; and how Tolkien’s defense of fantasy literature can be helpful for the craft of fantasy stories across multiple forms of media.
**Fantasy/Animation theme tune composed by Francisca Araujo**
Persepolis (2007)
Beetlejuice (1988) (with Jingan Young)
Princess Mononoke (1997) (with Rayna Denison)
(Bonus) Q&A with Graham Humphreys (Live from Portsmouth Bookfest)
Waterworld (1995) (with Simon Brew)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Aladdin (2019) (with Myles Robey)
Hercules (1997) (with Edith Hall)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (with Astrid Goldsmith)
Dungeons & Dragons (1983-1985)
Wizards (1977) (Live @ Cinema Museum)
Brazil (1985) (with Hope Dickson Leach)
BoJack Horseman (2014-2020)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) (with Frances Pheasant-Kelly)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) (with Caroline Ruddell - Live @ Cinema Museum)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) (with Becca Harrison)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (with Meredith Braun)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) (with Christian Kaestner and Frederikke Glick)
Ex Machina (2014) (with Andrew Whitehurst)
The Valley of Gwangi (1969) (with Astrid Goldsmith)
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