A podcast with film historian Dr Alexander Sergeant
Whether it’s Game of Thrones, Harry Potter or the new Soul movie, fantasy television and film can capture the imagination and give viewers exciting escapism. Film historian Dr Alexander Sergeant - an expert on the history and theory of fantasy cinema - shares his thoughts on all things fantasy in this 20-minute podcast.
Dr Sergeant is a lecturer in film and media studies at the University of Portsmouth. He co-founded the website fantasy-animation.org and is the co-host of his own regular podcast, which explores the relationship between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation.
In this podcast he discusses how Covid-19 has affected the film industry, his all-time favourite film The Wizard of Oz, as well as other fantasy classics such as Pan’s Labyrinth, the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy and Studio Ghibli films.
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