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Navigating the Subterranean Gaze: Paratexts, Spectacle, and Adaptation in Voyage au Centre de la Terre (1960)

: Starring James Mason as Sir Oliver Lindenbrook, Pat Boone as Alec McEwan, Arlene Dahl as Carla Göteborg, and Peter Ronson as Hans Belker. -Voyage au Centre de la Terre-1960--menu-film-p...

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This paper examines the 1960 film adaptation of Jules Verne’s Voyage au Centre de la Terre (1864) not merely as a cinematic text, but as a nexus of paratextual elements—including theatrical posters, press books, and, in later media, DVD/Blu‑ray menus. By analyzing how the “menu” (as a navigational interface) reframes the film’s spatial logic, I argue that home video menus recreate the film’s central tension: the desire to map the unknown. The 1960 film, starring James Mason and Pat Boone, transformed Verne’s geological romance into a Cold‑era spectacle of scientific hubris. Its paratexts, from lurid posters to interactive menus, continually re‑stage the journey as a problem of orientation—both for the characters and the viewer. starring James Mason and Pat Boone