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GraceSidhe	Fairy Tales in Movies Presentation	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (05/01/08 09:36:28) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Long time unregistered lurker, first time poster. What a wonderful resource this is! In less than a month, I will be a panelist and moderator for a panel at a local sci fi/fantasy convention. The panel is called "Shrek's Labyrinth" and it's about fairy tale use in modern movies. The panel description is: "Fairy tales are making their way into movies... and not all in the Disney tradition. "Pan's Labyrinth", Neil Gaiman's "Stardust", "Shrek" and more... how do you feel today's studios are treating these subjects? Are they adult enough? Too much so?" I would love some input from all of you on things that you would want to see brought up in a panel such as this, general leading questions for the audience, etc. As far as a list of Fairy Tale movies goes, (I'd like to stick to relatively recent or quite popular ones) I have: Shrek Pan's Labyrinth Princess Bride Brothers Grimm The 10th Kingdom Snow White: A Tale of Terror Perfume Enchanted Neverending Story Ella Enchanted Ever After Labyrinth Snow White: The Fairest of Them All Disney movies Any others anyone can think of? Thanks so much!
Heidi Anne Heiner	Recent additions	#1	[-]
Posts: 1011 (05/01/08 10:01:33) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hoodwinked Happily N'Ever After Sydney White Enchanted (I know that's Disney, but just making sure since I often think first of the animated ones.) There's also the Rugrats movie length takes on Snow White and Jack and the Beanstalk. There's more but that's just off the top of my head. Be sure to look at the Modern Interpretations pages on the website.
janeyolen		#2	[-]
Posts: 320 (05/01/08 10:38:54) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Though not quite as modern, the Anthony Mingella scripted for Henson's Storyteller Series are--to my mind--the ones that have the most authentic tone. JaneY
AliceCEB		#3	[-]
Posts: 298 (05/01/08 16:15:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Corpse Bride There have been several versions of A Christmas Carol (my family's favorite being the Muppets version)
Mnemosynehime	Re: Fairy Tale Films	#4	[-]
Posts: 35 (05/01/08 16:29:50) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Secret of Roan Inish - perhaps more modern folk tale than fairy tale it's still exceptional The Illusionist while not a fairy tale film does have a fairy tale scene/theme or two, such as the mysterious origin of the hero. Anime-Myth.com "I may be a woman, but I'm a warrior." ~ Oscar Francois de Jarjayes
GraceSidhe		#5	[-]
Posts: 2 (05/14/08 06:09:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thank you for all of the suggested movies! The Storyteller series is magnificent, and I hadn't thought of it. I had also forgotten about The Secret of Roan Inish and Sydney White. Moving on from movie titles, if you went to a convention panel on this topic, are there any subjects you'd want to see raised? Any observations you've made about how fairy tale representation has changed in the media over time? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Red Fairy		#6	[-]
Posts: 3 (05/20/08 14:39:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I might talk about how the wilting princesses from tales of yore are disappearing in film, in favor of more modern, active heroines.
Fiyero Oberon		#7	[-]
Posts: 4 (05/24/08 07:57:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A Cinderella Story is another you might consider. Possibly the low-key Hansel and Gretel film (with Dakota Fanning, Howie Mendel, and Lynn Redgrave) and its sister film, Red Riding Hood (with Joey Fatone) too.
Gypsymystique		#8	[-]
Posts: 2 (05/25/08 17:17:48) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What about FairyTale: A True Story or spalsh, how bout' Legend and Ladyhawke, Also Willow? THe dark cryatsal?
Blackcherry79	Fairy Tales in movies	#9	[-]
Posts: 1 (05/27/08 12:09:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hi, hope my input is not too late! Check out Jane Campion's film The Piano, think it was 1993. This film has a wealth of fairy and folk tale motifs. The main female character, Ada, is mute, like the little mermaid, but also resembles rapunzel (locked away, lots of hair shots), beauty (given away by father to a stranger) and the princess and the frog (bargaining and revulsion). The main male character, Baines, represents the beast or animal groom-a popular tale from almost every culture. Plus there are so many references in the film to folk & fairy tales - there is even a scene when local villagers stage the play of Bluebeard! It is a magical film - I wrote my dissertation on it, it was fun!
hisgirl85		#10	[-]
Posts: 1 (05/27/08 20:36:49) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The newer version of Sabrina with Harrison Ford in it feels very much like a fairy tale, starting off with "once upon a time." Lady in the Water is very much a folk/fairy tale story brought to life. Mirrormask feels more like Alice in Wonderland, but can be considered.
Dantes Heart	Water Horse?	#11	[-]
Posts: 1 (06/03/08 15:35:01) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The Secret of Roan Inish is one of my favorite films. Would "The Water Horse" count? A fairy tale rendition of the Loch Ness monster folktale.... Daniel Editor, Dante's Heart www.dantesheart.com
valeriefrankel		#12	[-]
Posts: 9 (06/08/08 20:21:24) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Don't forget: There's the Cinderella staring Brandy, the modern A Cinderella Story, and ones like Pretty Woman. Ever After is my favorite, and reflects 90's assertive heroines. Others Mirrormask Into the Woods The Wizard of Oz Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister The True Story of Jack & the Beanstalk The Snow Queen Wicked the Musical Tinman Shrek series Valerie Frankel Check out the heroine's journey and all its resources at http://heroine.calithwain.com/
The Oriental Nightfish		#13	[-]
Posts: 3 (06/10/08 11:14:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	A wrote a blog post about telling fairy tales though a visual medium, including motion pictures. There's a lot more I wanted to go on to mention - such as music, for example - but it's a starting point: http://jadering.blogspot.com/2008/05/notes-on-ocelot-i-identifying-themes.html

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