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Designed as a companion to The Writer's Journey, Myth & the Movies analyzes 50 U.S. and foreign films in every cinematic genre.
- Sales Rank: #373785 in eBooks
- Published on: 1999-10-25
- Released on: 1999-10-25
- Format: Kindle eBook
Amazon.com Review
Riffing off ideas articulated in Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey, Myth and the Movies serves both as a sequel to that book and a series of examples attempting to demonstrate its validity. In his book, Vogler, borrowing ideas from Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, argues that every story follows certain patterns--which he collectively characterizes as a mythic "hero's journey." In Myth and the Movies, Voytilla breaks this journey up into stages, using 50 famous films to illustrate the universality of Vogler's method. During the course of the book, he unpacks the mythic structure of horror, war, drama, romance, comedy, science fiction, action-adventure, the western, and the thriller, drawing on films as diverse as Seven Samurai, The Silence of the Lambs, Annie Hall, and Boyz N the Hood. His charts, maps, and consideration of various archetypal characters ("the shadow," "the trickster," "the herald," "the shapeshifter") and narrative devices ("the elixir," "the adventure," "the threshold," "the road back") provide a clear picture of how Campbell's archetypes can be used for film analysis. And who knows? Perhaps as you follow Voytilla's descriptions, you will be inspired to create some myths of your own. --Raphael Shargel
About the Author
Voytilla is a writer, script consultant, and teacher of acting and screenwriting.
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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting Genre analysis, Nominal story analysis,
By Enormo
After reading Vogler I was interested in how an expert might wholisticly apply his structure to actual movies.
Unfortunately, Voytilla's analysis of individual movies is rather shallow and nominal. i.e. He basically rehashes movie plots using keywords for Voglers book to name them. There is no introspection into how these elements provide drama, work with the theme of the movie, or highten an audience's investment in the hero.
The only parts of the book that I found interesting were Voytilla's analysis of Genres. Here he writes about similar structures, themes, and purposes found within genres such as comedy, adventure, action etc.
If you are at a loss to apply Vogler's works, this book will be helpful. If you are interested in breif and somewhat interesting Genre analysis and don't mind dropping a few bucks then you might pick up a couple of interesting tidbits here and there.
However, if you're looking for an analysis that truly enlightens the dynamics behind the dramatic excellence of a movie, skip this book, rent a bunch of movies and apply Vogler's ideas for yourself. (Disney movies such as the Little Mermaid are a great place to start.)
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Worthy companion to Writer's Journey. Highly recommended!
By A Customer
Myth and the Movies puts meat on the substantial and influential bones of Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey by illustrating the mythic structure of 50 great films. Stuart Voytilla's selection of movies is imaginative and challenging, going beyond the obvious myth-based films to demonstrate mythic structure in the "real" world of story. Voytilla's commitment to this project is impressive. He covers all the genres -- action adventure, western, horror, thriller, war, drama, romance, romantic comedy, and science fiction/ fantasy. The book is invaluable for romance writers. By studying the sections on romance and romantic comedy they will undoubtedly gain a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between the Journey of the Heart and the Journey of the Higher Cause and -- perhaps more fundamentally -- the interplay between human emotion and the mythic structure itself. Using as examples Casablanca, The African Queen, La Strada, Beauty and the Beast, The Piano (for romance)and Bringing Up Baby, Singin' in the Rain, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Annie Hall and Sleepless in Seattle (for romantic comedy), Voytilla heightens the romance writer's understanding of these all-important concepts. A worthy companion to The Writer's Journey. Highly recommended for film buffs, and screenwriters and novelists of all genres.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Interesting But Hardly Definitive
By Dr. James Gardner
Anyone interested in screen writing can probably benefit from reading this book, and people interested in film in general may find it entertaining. After all, it discusses 50 popular films and it's always interesting to read what people have to say about films we've all enjoyed. In addition, it is well written.
This being said, the film suffers from the pretention (in the best sense) of analyzing film structure according to Joseph Campbell's mythology. In fact it is a dumbed down version of Vogler's (The Writer's Journey) analysis, which itself is somewhat dumbed down from Campbell. Don't think that you are reading Campbell's work when you are reading this book (which doesn't mean that there isn't a lot of good stuff in this book, only that it is not like reading the original source).
Early on it becomes apparent that Voytilla is stressing and straining to analyze film structure according to Campbell. The films are stretched to fit the theory, to the point where we have such strange conclusions as Voytilla's idea that Martin Pawley is the hero of "The Searchers" (someone tell that to John Wayne and John Ford).Or his whole treatment of "The Invasion of the Body Snatchers" as if it was a science fiction film/article, when in fact it was a dark cautionary tale about suburban conformity in the 1950s (even if you take the literal appearance of the film, some reference has to be made to the hidden meaning as this changes completely the whole theme of the film).
Moreover, by choosing to illustrate his theory and looking only at 50 "unforgettable films", Voytilla begs the question. Better to compare 25 "unforgettable" films with 25 forgettable ones, and show that adherence to his theory is what makes the difference.
I'm not saying there isn't merit in looking at Campbell's work with respect to film (or literature for that matter). I firmly believe there is. I just didn't feel this book did justice to that endeavor.
In summary, I believe this is a fun and entertaining book, with appeal to screen writers and film enthusaists alike, but it shouldn't be taken too seriously.
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