The Music of Fantasy Cinema - Janet K. Halfyard
Fantasy and the Exotic Other: The Films of Ray Harryhausen
The Music of Fantasy Cinema - Janet K. Halfyard
Mark Brill
Description
This chapter examines the films of Ray Harryhausen, the producer and master of special effects, who made his distinctive mark on fantasy cinema using stop-motion animation. Harryhausen’s fantasies reflected the Hollywood Golden Age fascination with the exotic in his exploration of fantasy narratives drawn from Greek myths and the Arabian Nights tales,