E.T.A. Hoffman's The Sandman.
Nancy Oliver's Lars and the Real Girl.
Neil Gaiman's Coraline.
Discuss.
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Ohhhh... I can't wait to see Coraline. I going to try to watch it in 3-d.
Posted by: roo | February 18, 2009 at 06:33 PM
I can only discuss Lars ...
It made me wish I lived in his town; then in made me sad we don't all live in his town.
Posted by: toyfoto | February 18, 2009 at 06:46 PM
I've only seen Lars. I didn't know what to expect, and I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that movie. Watched it twice in a row. Phil loved it too. Toyfoto nailed it; I was sad that we all don't live in his town.
Posted by: Mary | February 18, 2009 at 09:04 PM
I just added Coraline to my summer children's lit course. I plan to talk about the following:
-relationship to the Alice books (lots of deliberate references to catalogue)
-relationship to boys' adventure fiction (individualistic hero taking on danger)
-relationship to girls' domestic fiction (action takes places WITHIN the house; purpose of the adventure is to restore the nuclear family)
-weird postmodern depiction of parenting (the neglectful parent is no longer a mere convenience of the plot, but rather a central thematic device: the trajectory of the story has less to do with Coraline's growth than with validating the too-busy-with-work parents. No one REALLY wants a home-cooked meal anymore, do they?)
Posted by: bea | February 19, 2009 at 08:38 AM
Oooh, bea, you have to read Sandman. it -- the curriculum would be so enhanced by its addition.
SRSLY.
(because, you know, nothing like having a non-college-grad insist on inserting lit you haven't read, uh, that is, *necessarily* read, into your curriculum.) (*have* you read it? i mean - of course you have. um, ?)
toyfoto, mary - I will never forget the quality, the almost palpable quality of that film. it's wondrous.
roo - i hope it's super-fun getting to see Coraline in 3D. i r jealous.
Posted by: lildb | February 19, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Ohh, I have a whole post dedicated to Coraline...and while I loved it for the quality of movie it was...it was awful and inappropriate for my little ones...I even posted video of the part that made me wretch a little.
Posted by: Anissa@hope4peyton | February 20, 2009 at 09:52 PM