Myth and the Movies: Discovering the Mythic Structure of 50 Unforgettable FilmsIdentifies the common ingredients in movies as varied as Die Hard, Singin' in the Rain and Boyz in the Hood, and shows how their structures follow established storyteller patterns, in particular the hero's journey. The movies are organized into ten genres. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
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Introduction | 1 |
THE ROLES CHARACTERS PLAY | 13 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 | 23 |
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accept action ALLIES Annie APPROACH arrives audience Beast becomes begins believe build CALL TO ADVENTURE Cause characters CHASE commitment complete confronts Conrad continues Cross dark David death destroy Directed discovers ELIXIR ENEMY enters escape face father fear finally follow forces genre Gittes gives hand heart HERO TEAM Hero's Journey Higher hope human important Indy initial INMOST CAVE INNER John Journey's Kane kill Kimble leaves lives look Louise Luke McClane meet MENTOR Michael move murder needs night offers ORDEAL ORDINARY WORLD physical police prepares presents PROBLEM protect pushes question quickly realizes REFUSAL relationship RESURRECTION reveal REWARD Rick RIVAL ROAD BACK Romance SEQUENCE SHADOW SHAPESHIFTER soon SPECIAL WORLD stages Star story Susan takes tells TEST PHASE THRESHOLD GUARDIAN train tries turn Vader wants warns young