Editing Magical realism (section)

==Film and television==
{{Category see also|Magic realism films|Category:Magic realism television series}}
Magical realism is not a clearly defined [[film genre]], but characteristics of magic realism present in literature can also be found in many moving pictures with fantasy elements. These characteristics may be presented matter-of-factly and occur without explanation.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Hurd | first = Mary | title = Women directors and their films | publisher = Praeger | date = November 30, 2006 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/womendirectorsth0000hurd/page/73 73] | isbn = 978-0-275-98578-3 | url = https://archive.org/details/womendirectorsth0000hurd/page/73 }}</ref>

Many films have magical realist narrative and events that contrast between real and magical elements, or different modes of production. This device explores the reality of what exists.<ref name="Bowers, Maggie A. 2004"/>{{rp|109–111}} [[Fredric Jameson]], in ''On Magic Realism in Film'', advances a hypothesis that magical realism in film is a formal mode that is constitutionally dependent on a type of historical raw material in which disjunction is structurally present.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jameson|first=Fredric|year=1986|title=On Magic Realism in Film|journal=Critical Inquiry|publisher=University of Chicago Press|volume=12|issue=2|jstor=1343476|page=311|doi=10.1086/448333|s2cid=161057644}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Zamora | first1 = Lois Parkinson | last2 = Faris |first2=Wendy B. | title = Magical Realism: Theory, History, Community | publisher = Duke University Press Books | date = November 30, 1995 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/magicalrealismth0000unse/page/426 426] | isbn = 978-0-8223-1640-4 | url = https://archive.org/details/magicalrealismth0000unse/page/426 }}</ref> ''[[Like Water for Chocolate (film)|Like Water for Chocolate]]'' (1992) begins and ends with the first person narrative to establish the magical realism storytelling frame. Telling a story from a child's point of view, the historical gaps and holes perspective, and with cinematic color heightening the presence, are magical realist tools in films.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Hegerfeld | first = Anne | title = Lies that Tell the Truth: Magic Realism Seen through Contemporary Fiction from Britain (Costerus NS 155) | publisher = Rodopi | date = January 13, 2005 | page = 147 | isbn = 978-90-420-1974-4}}</ref>

A number of films by [[Woody Allen]] including ''[[Midnight in Paris]]'' (2011) feature magical realist elements.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/20-great-magical-realism-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/2/#:~:text=Woody%20Allen%20is%20no%20stranger,better%20understanding%20of%20his%20characters. | title=20 Great Magical Realism Movies That Are Worth Your Time | date=12 February 2015 }}</ref> Most of the films directed by [[Terry Gilliam]] are strongly influenced by magic realism;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rushdie|first1=Salam|title=Salam Rushdie talks with Terry Gilliam|url=http://www.believermag.com/issues/200303/?read=interview_gilliam|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616153340/http://www.believermag.com/issues/200303/?read=interview_gilliam|archive-date=16 June 2017|access-date=25 June 2017|website=The Believer}}</ref> the animated films of [[Satoshi Kon]] and [[Hayao Miyazaki]] often utilize magic realism;<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zeitchik|first1=Steven|date=16 September 2013|title='The Wind Rises': Five things to know about Miyazaki's new movie|agency=The Los Angeles Times|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-the-wind-rises-miyazaki-movie-20130916-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722150111/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-the-wind-rises-miyazaki-movie-20130916-story.html|archive-date=22 July 2017}}</ref> and some of the films of [[Emir Kusturica]] contain elements of magical realism, the most notable<!--editorial judgment; not "famous", which is a factual but unquantifiable claim--> of which is ''[[Time of the Gypsies]]'' (1988).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Kevin|date=9 February 1990|title=Entering the Oscar Race Via Magic and Realism|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-09-ca-408-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425234831/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-02-09/entertainment/ca-408_1_emir-kusturica|archive-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>

Some other films and television shows that convey elements of magic realism include:
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* ''[[The Holy Mountain (1973 film)|The Holy Mountain]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Big (1988 film)|Big]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Dreams (1990 film)|Dreams]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Liar Liar]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Perfect Blue]]'' (1997)
* ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Being John Malkovich]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Hearts in Atlantis (film)|Hearts in Atlantis]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Amélie]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Millennium Actress]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Waking Life]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Big Fish]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Wonderfalls]]'' (2004)
* ''[[The Mistress of Spices]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Pan's Labyrinth]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Paprika (2006 film)|Paprika]]'' (2006)
* ''[[The Fountain]]'' (2006)
* ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' (2006)
* ''[[John from Cincinnati]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Marigold (2007 film)|Marigold]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Skellig (film)|Skellig]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Undertow (2009 film)|Undertow]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Biutiful]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Black Swan (film)|Black Swan]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'' (2011–2018)
* ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011)
* ''[[The Skin I Live In]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Wolf Children]]'' (2012)
* ''[[The Dance of Reality]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman]]'' (2014)
* ''[[The Prophet (2014 film)|The Prophet]]'' (2014)
* ''[[The Age of Adaline]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Utopians (film)|Utopians]]'' (2015)
* ''[[Endless Poetry]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Swiss Army Man]]'' (2016)
* ''[[The Killing of a Sacred Deer]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Thirty Years of Adonis]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Tigers Are Not Afraid]]'' (2017)
* ''[[The Shape of Water]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Border (2018 Swedish film)|Border]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Undone (TV series)|Undone]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Wendy (film)|Wendy]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Dick Johnson Is Dead]]'' (2020)
* ''[[I'm Thinking of Ending Things]]'' (2020)
* ''[[Supercool (film)|Supercool]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Where Is Anne Frank]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Memoria (2021 film)|Memoria]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Reservation Dogs]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Encanto]]'' (2021)
* ''[[Three Thousand Years of Longing]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Rainbow (2022 film)|Rainbow]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths]]'' (2022)
* ''[[All We Imagine as Light]]'' (2024)
* ''[[Megalopolis (film)|Megalopolis]]'' (2024)
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