Episode 9 - Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964)

Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964).

Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964).

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!

The ninth episode takes Chris and Alex up to the rooftops of London as they tackle Walt Disney’s fantasy musical Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, 1964). This song-and-dance celebration follows the adventures of Mary, Bert and the Banks children, including their famous journey into the wonderful world of animation. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Suggested Readings

  • Crafton, Donald. 1979. “Animation Iconography: The “Hand of the Artist.” Quarterly Review of Film Studies 4, no. 4: 409–428. 

  • Didicher, Nicole E. 2000. “(Un)Trustworthy Praise and (Un) Governed Passions in The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.” In Relocating Praise: Literary Modalities and Rhetorical Contexts, ed. Alice G. den Otter, 75-85. Toronto: Canadian Scholar’s Press.

  • Metz, Christian. 1985. “Photography and Fetish.” October 34: 81–90.

  • Mulvey, Laura. 1975. “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Screen 16, no. 3 (Autumn): 6–18.

  • Mulvey, Laura. 2007. “A Clumsy Sublime.” Film Quarterly 60, no. 3: 3.

  • Pallant, Chris. 2010. “Disney-Formalism: Rethinking ‘Classic Disney’.’’ animation: an interdisciplinary journal 5, no 3. (December): 341-352.

  • Purves, Barry. 2010. Basics Animation 04: Stop-Motion. Lausanne: Ava Publishing.

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantFANTASY, ANIMATION, CEL-ANIMATION, HYBRIDITY, MUSICAL, WALT DISNEYComment