Halfyard/The Music of Fantasy Cinema, 1. Fantasy and the Exotic Other: The Films of Ray Harryhausen

This chapter examines the films of Ray Harryhausen, the producer and master of special effects, who made his distinctive mark on fantasy cinema using stop-motion animation. Harryhausen’s fantasies reflected the Hollywood Golden Age fascination with the exotic in his exploration of fantasy narratives drawn from Greek myths and the Arabian Nights tales.