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The Meaning of Flight in Steven Spielberg's Films
(IMS)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7607-399x
2010 (English)In: 11th International Conference 'Da Ulisse a... Il viaggio aereo tra fantasia e realtà' [From Ulysses To... Air Travelling between Fantasy and Reality], University of Genoa, Imperia, Italy, 7-9 October 2010, 2010Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
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Abstract [it]

Nel cinema di Steven Spielberg il tema del volo è centrale e può essere classificato in due categorie: il volo reale e il volo magico. Il volo reale è influenzato dai racconti del padre di Spielberg – marconista dell'aviazione americana durante la seconda guerra mondiale – e si ritrova in film come 1941 Allarme a Hollywood (1979), L'impero del sole (1987), Always, per sempre (1989)... La fonte di ispirazione per quanto riguarda il volo magico è invece la celebre creatura letteraria di J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan. Film come E.T. l'extraterrestre (1982) e Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo (1977) hanno chiari riferimenti ai romanzi di Barrie, mentre Hook Capitan Uncino (1991) ne è addirittura il seguito. La tematica del volo verrà analizzata nelle sue motivazioni autoriali e nella sua evoluzione a partire dalle sue origini e fino al momento attuale, prestando particolare attenzione all'episodio spielberghiano La missione (1985) – della serie televisiva Storie incredibili – un caso esemplare in cui entrambe le categorie (volo reale e volo magico) si sovrappongono.

Abstract [en]

In Steven Spielberg's cinema the theme of flight is central and can be divided into two categories: the real flight and the magical flight. The real flight is influenced by the war stories of Spielberg's father - a radio operator in the US airforce during the Second World War - and can be found in films like 1941 (1979), Empire of the Sun (1987), Always (1989)... The source of inspiration for the magical flight is JM Barrie's famous literary creature: Peter Pan. Films like E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982) and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) have clear references to Barrie's works, while Hook (1991) even offers a continuation of the Peter Pan story. The theme of the flight in Spielberg's cinema is analyzed as to its autorial motivations and its development, starting from its origins to the present day, paying particular attention to the episode The Mission (1985) that Spielberg directed for the TV series Amazing Stories, which is an exemplary case in which both the categories (real flight and magic flight) overlap. 

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2010.
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Studies on Film Specific Literatures
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Humanities, Film Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-102010OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-102010DiVA, id: diva2:1542697
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11th International Conference 'Da Ulisse a... Il viaggio aereo tra fantasia e realtà' [From Ulysses To... Air Travelling between Fantasy and Reality], University of Genoa, Imperia, Italy, 7-9 October 2010
Available from: 2021-04-08 Created: 2021-04-08 Last updated: 2022-01-26Bibliographically approved

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