Fairy Tales. Fantasy and Fiction in World Cinema

James Cameron and Hayao Miyazaki, Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Nolan, Lars von Trier — the heroes of Anton Dolin's new book. The main storytellers of world cinema find ways to bring us back to childhood — an age of fantastic hopes, insurmountable fears, and absurd beliefs in happy endings. What can explain the grand success of "Avatar"? What do the childish Tintin and the manly Indiana Jones have in common? Why do the heroes in all of Miyazaki's animated films soar into the sky? Analyzing one fairy puzzle of modern cinema after another, the author explores the universes of these masters, including through unique interviews. You'll find out if Tolkien would have approved of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings". Was "The Shape of Water" a response to the Soviet "Amphibian Man"? Can showrunners save the life of another character that George Martin intended to kill? Welcome to the world of Anton Dolin's fairy tales!