CORALINE

 

Anderson, Sarah. "Coraline: Postmodern Gothic/Not Just for Children." Coraline: Postmodern Gothic/Not Just for Children. The Gothic Imagination, 1 Dec. 2010. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This article basically focuses on Coraline’s place in the world of adult literary criticism. It focuses on the sophistication of Coraline’s character and the plot of the movie. It also talks about the stylistic choices of Coraline and how those tie into how audiences perceive the movie as a whole. It’s basically an article arguing that just because Coraline is a child protagonist in a 3D stop motion animation style film, it does not mean that Coraline should necessarily be criticized as solely a children's movie because it is arguably so much more than that.

 

Ayers, Michael D. "Stephin Merritt's 'Coraline' Musical Debuts Off-Broadway." Billboard. Billboard, 2 June 2009. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

Ayers describes Merritt’s adaptation of Coraline. He talks about how witty and stripped down the performance was compared to what was written in the novella.

 

 

Bowen, Peter. "Coraline and the Other Imaginary Worlds." Focus Features. N.p., 04 Oct. 2008. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This article takes a deeper look into the world of Coraline and how it connects to other films and literature with similar stories and connections. Bowen relates Coraline to Homer’s The Odyssey, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Thief of Always. The overall idea of this article is connecting ways in which many stories display the same theme of traveling to another world.

 

 

Brantley, Ben. "Better the Mother You Know Than the Other One." The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 June 2009. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

Brantley reviews the musical version of Coraline. The main point of the article is to show how the book was adapted into a musical and how different it is. Brantley talks about how the use of songs can create a different feel to the entire story.

 

 

Campbell, Lori M. A Quest of Her Own: Essays on the Female Hero in Modern Fantasy. North Carolina: McFarland &, 2014. Books.google.com. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

This is a book full of essays on the female hero in modern fantasy. There is a section in the book called “Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky” where Coraline is intensively examined as a unstoppable female hero. In this book Coraline’s creativity, empathy, and cunningness are all examined. Another cool thing about this book is that it uses Coraline as a baseline structure on how to look at all heros as a whole.

 

 

Clark, John. "Adding Dimension to the Storytelling." The New York Times. The New York Times, 31 Jan. 2009. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

In the article Clark discusses the how it was filmed in 3D to create a richer story instead of using it as a gimmick. This article focuses on the process of creating two separate worlds that are distinct and that stand out from the sets of other movies.

 

 

Collinson, Brian. "Coraline: The Real, the Ideal and the Substance of Our Lives." Brian Collinson RSS. N.p., 7 Apr. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This article is written by Brian Collinson, who is a Psychotherapist and a Jungian Analyst. Collinson uses psychology to analyze Coraline and how it relates to our human emotions and struggles. He compares Coraline’s inability to accept reality to how many people have trouble accepting the truth. This enriching article does a great job at relating Coraline to human psychology and feelings.

 

 

Desowitz, Bill. "Tadahiro Uesugi Talks 'Coraline' Design." Animation World Network. Animation World Network, 23 Jan. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016. 

This article is an interview with famous Japanese Artist. Tadahiro Uesugi. Uesugi was hired as a concept artist responsible for designing the characters and environments of coraline. He was responsible for the way coraline looked and the overall tone. He even stated “I was told which images in the book I was going to translate into the movie; except for that, everything was basically up to me.” He said that he really wanted the movie to have a 50’s 60’s style and was heavily inspired by Disney's 101 dalmatians. If not for Tadahiro Uesugi the tone of Coraline might have been totally different.

 

 

Garud, Meera. "A Jungian Analysis of Coraline." Diss. 2011. Theories of Personality. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

This is a great paper that describes Coraline’s adventures through a Jungian psychological approach. The essay focuses on Carl Jung’s psychological theories of personality, and individualisation in regards to Coraline’s character. The essay also attempts to explain Coraline’s personal unconscious, how she connects to the collective unconscious, and different archetypes.

 

 

Guitierrez, Peter. “Identity And The Uncanny: A Coraline Study Guide.” Screen Education 56 (2009): 84-89. Academic Search Complete. Web. 2 March 2016.

This article discusses the different lessons that can be taken out of the movie Coraline and used in the classroom. Guitierrez brings up similarities between Coraline and other female protagonists like Alice from Alice and Wonderland and Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. He also discusses the importance of the other mother and Wybie.

 

 

Keeling, Kara K., and Scott Pollard. "The Key Is in the Mouth: Food and Orality in Coraline." Children's Literature 40.1 (2012): 1-27. Researchgate. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

This article focuses on oral-sadistic qualities that are found in the film Coraline. Research looks into British foodways and how that correlates to Coraline’s use of food to negotiate adult authority in the parallel worlds, so that she can thoroughly settle into the present moment of her childhood. This article looks towards psychology and Lacanian readings to uncover the meaning of food and orality in Coraline.

 

 

Macaulay, Scott. "An Interview with Coraline Composer Bruno Coulais | Article: People In Film | Coraline | Focus Features." Focus Features. Focus Features a Comcast Company, 13 Feb. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This article is an interview with French composer Bruno Coulais. In this interview Coulais talks about the recording the score for Coraline and some of the challenges he faced when composing. He talks about the importance of a film's score and how it can change the mood of a film. Seeing as Coraline is a rather dark film its score was important to help immerse the viewer with the assistance of music. If not for Bruno Coulais score Coraline might have been a different film.

 

 

Mandelo, Brit. "Doing Damage to the Text: Gender in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline(s)." Torcom Doing Damage to the Text Gender in Neil Gaimans Coralines Comments. Macmillian, 16 Oct. 2013. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This is a comparison between the Coraline book and film. The reviewer states the even though he enjoyed the film and admired its ambition he felt it fell flat and does not not do justice to Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. He shares his feels on how Coraline the film lacks many of the important aspects and of the book such as it not being a coming of age story and the characters lack the depth they have in the book.

 

 

Nicholls, Marcus. "Coraline and Freud's Uncanny." The Missing Slate. N.p., 15 June 2013. Web. 3 Mar. 2016.

This article draws connections from Coraline to Freud’s The Uncanny. This article goes into great detail about what the uncanny is and how it resonates with Coraline. It deeply analyzes Coraline’s dreams, abandonment, reality, and independence. This article uses a lot of psychology to interpret Coraline.

 

 

Rich, Katey. "Exclusive Interview: Coraline Director Henry Selick." CINEMABLEND. Cinemablend LLC, 03 Feb. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This article is an interview with the famous director Henry Selick. Henry Selick probably the most famous stop motion director. He was director on movies like The Nightmare before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. He was also director and writer on Coraline. In the interview he talks about his vision for Corline and how it was a very ambitious project. He also talks about why he chose utilize stop motion as opposed to CG.

 

 

Scott, A. O. "Cornered in a Parallel World." The New York Times. The New York Times, 05 Feb. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This New York Times article reviews Coraline and gives a deep look into the psychology behind the film. The article talks about the connections to Freud and the implications of parental love.

 

 

Sleight, Graham. "Locus Roundtable: "The New Mother" and Coraline." Locus Roundtable. Locus Publications, 7 Mar. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This article is a comparison between Lucy Clifford’s 1882  story The New Mother and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. The New Mother is about a young girl named Emily. One day Emily goes into the city to run an errand. There she is lured into an alley by a haunting melody. There, she meets a girl who promises to reveal a secret to her, but only if she will be mischievous towards her mother. Gaiman has publicly stited The new Mother as one of his inspirations and it is interesting to see the two compared.

 

 

"What Was Coraline Really About? (Exploring the Themes in Coraline) Heavy Spoilers! - Movie Fan Central Discussion Forums." What Was Coraline Really About? (Exploring the Themes in Coraline) Heavy Spoilers! - Movie Fan Central Discussion Forums. Joblo Media Inc, 2 Mar. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This is a blogger’s analysis of the deeper messages found within the movie Coraline. It makes different ties and connections to religions and more specifically cult like groups. It compares Coraline’s adventure into the other world as the adventure one would take when being persuaded to join a cultlike religious group.

 

 

Wojczuk, Montana. "Coraline Hits the Screen, Stage and Page." Pastemagazine.com. Paste Media Group, 29 Feb. 2009. Web. 02 Mar. 2016.

In this article Wojczuk compares the different adaptations of Coraline. She talks about how the film is the most closely related to the book while the musical creates its own spin on the story.

 

 

 

VC. "The Hidden Meaning of the Movie “Coraline”." The Hidden Meaning of the Movie "Coraline" The Vigilant Citizen, 14 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 Mar. 2016.

This is another fan based explanation of a deeper meaning found in the movie coraline. This interpretation of the movie focuses on the elements of Mind Control and different hypnotism symbols found within the movie from the doll that spies on coraline to phenomena that takes place on the other world.