Fantasy Film 101

Two wonderfully sweet, and strange, magical realism films of the early years of this dumb century.

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The Excellent LoC look at Princess Nicotine!

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Senses of CInema on Blood of a Poet

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One of the original episodes, we're re-launching the first two years of the podcast!

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YOu can find out more about Footsteps on the Wind at 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

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One of the most fun movies of the 1980s, and one that raises questions while making you go "Hell yeah!"

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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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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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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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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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