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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 »

18 Comments

Todd Vandemark on 07.11.2008 at 20:55 (Reply)

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).
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 08.11.2008 at 03:09 (Reply)
  
  I see what you’re going for, but it’s hard to get past the kid aspect of make believe for me.
Berry on 07.11.2008 at 21:03 (Reply)

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.
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 08.11.2008 at 03:07 (Reply)
  
  Hm… Reel Fantasy, ’cause I like me some puns.
  1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 05.12.2008 at 11:10 (Reply)
    
    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.
Lon on 07.11.2008 at 21:08 (Reply)

Living in Celluloid Castles
1. Lon on 07.11.2008 at 21:55 (Reply)
  
  Or possibly one of a few variations…
  
  Life in the Celluloid Castle
  
  Celluloid Castles and Mythic Movies
  1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 08.11.2008 at 03:05 (Reply)
    
    Celluloid Castle… that has possibilities.
james on 07.11.2008 at 21:40 (Reply)

Fantastic Films
Fantabulous
gah… I gots nuthing
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 08.11.2008 at 03:10 (Reply)
  
  Yeah, I’m striking a blank, too.
John Burridge on 08.11.2008 at 03:08 (Reply)

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?
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 08.11.2008 at 03:13 (Reply)
  
  Good direction. I was tempted by Puck, too.
Mike F on 08.11.2008 at 10:10 (Reply)

Focus on Fantasy? That’s the only thing I could come up with.
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 09.11.2008 at 00:42 (Reply)
  
  That’s better than mine!
Karen Wester Newton on 08.11.2008 at 11:57 (Reply)

How about “Beyond the Reel”?
1. Mary Robinette Kowal on 09.11.2008 at 00:42 (Reply)
  
  Oo. That’s a good one!
2. Todd Vandemark on 09.11.2008 at 01:42 (Reply)
  
  Nice!
Todd Vandemark on 17.11.2008 at 20:00 (Reply)

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.