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Nov '08

Help me title my AMC column?

They’d like to come up with a title for my column at AMC and asked me for suggestions. Other columns are things like, “Masters of SciFi” or “Web Stalker,” for horror. I’ve come up with Cinema Fantastic and Dream Factory, but that is the total of my ideas.

But you folks, you folks are brilliant. Do you have any ideas for a fantasy film column?

18 Comments »

  • http://www.williamtvandemark.com Todd Vandemark

    Make. Believe.

    Make/Believe

    Make Believe

    Mary’s Make Believe

    These variants combine the idea of “filmmaking” with the aspect of believing fantasy (when it works).

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      I see what you’re going for, but it’s hard to get past the kid aspect of make believe for me.

  • http://selfavowedgeek.livejournal.com Berry

    A few suggestions:

    1. Dreams Externalized as a nod of the head to Campbellian studies.

    2. Reel Fantasy for some wordplay.

    3. MRK’s Fantastique AMC Blog ’cause a little French goes a long way.

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      Hm… Reel Fantasy, ’cause I like me some puns.

      • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

        And we have a winner! They decided to go with Reel Fantasy. Send me your mailing address and I’ll pop a treat in the mail to you.

  • http://www.lonprater.com Lon

    Living in Celluloid Castles

    • http://www.lonprater.com Lon

      Or possibly one of a few variations…

      Life in the Celluloid Castle

      Celluloid Castles and Mythic Movies

      • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

        Celluloid Castle… that has possibilities.

  • james

    Fantastic Films
    Fantabulous
    gah… I gots nuthing

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      Yeah, I’m striking a blank, too.

  • http://johnburridge.blogspot.com John Burridge

    Hmmm…

    I was going to suggest, “Shadows in the Cave”, but it’s kind of grim…

    And I guess you can’t use Puck’s entire speech (“If we shadows have offended … “) from the closing of Midsummer-nights Dream.

    so how about…

    Magic Lantern?

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      Good direction. I was tempted by Puck, too.

  • http://everythingsun.blogspot.com Mike F

    Focus on Fantasy? That’s the only thing I could come up with.

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      That’s better than mine!

  • http://karen-w-newton.livejournal.com/ Karen Wester Newton

    How about “Beyond the Reel”?

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      Oo. That’s a good one!

    • http://www.williamtvandemark.com Todd Vandemark

      Nice!

  • http://www.williamtvandemark.com Todd Vandemark

    Spellbound

    Yes it’s classic Hitchcock and yes, a documentary on spelling bees, but when a fantasy film works, like Fellowship of the Ring, I know of no other apt description. Plus the allusion to fantasy/spells.

    And you used a form in your latest column, “Five Spellbinding Films You Never Knew Were Fantasy”

    So “Spellbound” (or even “Spellbinding”) seems a good title choice for a column on fantasy films.

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