Fantasy Film Post 9/11
- ISBN-10
- 023039213X
- ISBN-13
- 9780230392137
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 211
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-01-26
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- F. Pheasant-Kelly
Description
Examining a range of fantasy films released in the past decade, Pheasant-Kelly looks at why these films are meaningful to current audiences. The imagery and themes reflecting 9/11, millennial anxieties, and environmental disasters have furthered fantasy's rise to dominance as they allow viewers to work through traumatic memories of these issues.
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