Family Films in Global Cinema: The World Beyond Disney
Edited by Noel Brown and Bruce Babington (Published by I.B. Taurus, £62), 272 Pages, Hardcover, Isbn: 9781784530082
By Tim Greaves
Comprising a well-researched and eminently readable series of essays from around a dozen contributing writers, “Family Films in Global Cinema” delivers just what its title promises. Rather than focussing on a particular era or subgenre, editors Noel Brown and Bruce Babington have cast their net far wider; titles spanning many decades and from all corners of the globe are afforded textual equality with some of the more readily acknowledged classics. Fancy reading refreshing opinions on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or A Nightmare Before Christmas (the latter rejected by Disney, who must still be kicking themselves today)? They’re here, nestled alongside plenty of titles of which this reviewer was largely unaware. Of particular interest was a chapter devoted to the anime...
Edited by Noel Brown and Bruce Babington (Published by I.B. Taurus, £62), 272 Pages, Hardcover, Isbn: 9781784530082
By Tim Greaves
Comprising a well-researched and eminently readable series of essays from around a dozen contributing writers, “Family Films in Global Cinema” delivers just what its title promises. Rather than focussing on a particular era or subgenre, editors Noel Brown and Bruce Babington have cast their net far wider; titles spanning many decades and from all corners of the globe are afforded textual equality with some of the more readily acknowledged classics. Fancy reading refreshing opinions on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or A Nightmare Before Christmas (the latter rejected by Disney, who must still be kicking themselves today)? They’re here, nestled alongside plenty of titles of which this reviewer was largely unaware. Of particular interest was a chapter devoted to the anime...
- 10/11/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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