Episode 2 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988)

The Fantasy/Animation podcast takes listeners on a journey through the intersection between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Available via Apple Podcasts, Spotify and many of your favourite podcast hosting platforms!

For this second episode, Chris and Alex discuss Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988), a part-live-action/part-animation/part-fantasy film that functioned as an important milestone in marking the return of animation's commercial and critical appeal in Hollywood.

Suggested Readings

Cholodenko, Alan. 1991. “Who Framed Roger Rabbit, or The Framing of Animation.” In The Illusion of Life: Essays on Animation, ed. Alan Cholodenko, 209-242. Sydney: Power Publications in association with the Australian Film Commission.
Manlove, Colin. 1983. The Impulse of Fantasy Literature. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Mendlesohn, Farah. 2008. Rhetorics of Fantasy. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press.

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantFebruary 25, 2019FANTASY, ANIMATION, WALT DISNEY, WARNER BROTHERS, HYBRIDITY, FILM HISTORY1 Comment