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The Blade Runner Encyclopedia

Author : Alvin Conway
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781387625703
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book The Blade Runner Encyclopedia written by Alvin Conway and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049, the anime short films. Welcome to the world of Blade Runner: Now for the first time, a comprehensive masterwork of reference material has been collectively gathered and created for you to read, experience, and understand the Blade Runner universe like never before. Science Fiction World said, "This is an astounding reference book that is sure to delight, entertain, and amaze any fan of the Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve films. Consider this the 'must-have' guide you need to navigate the dystopian world of Blade Runner.""

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir

Author : John Grant
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493081659
Total Pages : 830 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir written by John Grant and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days – and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema – as well as noir's more recent offshoots, from neonoirs to erotic thrillers. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering movies from all over the world – from every continent save Antarctica – with briefer details provided for several hundred additional movies within those entries. A copious appendix contains filmographies of prominent directors, actors, and writers. With coverage of blockbusters and program fillers from Going Straight (US 1916) to Broken City (US 2013) via Nora Inu (Japan 1949), O Anthropos tou Trainou (Greece 1958), El Less Wal Kilab (Egypt 1962), Reportaje a la Muerte (Peru 1993), Zift (Bulgaria 2008), and thousands more, A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir is an engrossing and essential reference work that should be on the shelves of every cinephile.

Blade Runner

Author : William S. Burroughs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Blade Runner written by William S. Burroughs and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this futuristic screenplay vision of a strife-and-disease-plagued America in 1999, Burroughs finds the cure for a decaying civilization in the medicine practiced by underground physicians and surgeons. These heroic healers, in turn, are aided by 'blade runners, ' teenagers who smuggle banned surgical instruments past the watchful eyes of fascistic police. The novel-cum-screenplay follows one of these runners during the course of a race riot and the transfer of instruments between embattled doctors. Above the drama in the streets of New York is a world 'taken over by hang-glider and autogyro gangs, mountaineers and steeplejacks. A sky boy steps off his penthouse into a parachute on guide wires that drop him to a street-level landing ... Meanwhile, released animals and reptiles from the zoo and freed fish from the aquarium have control of the rovers and subways. The prose flashes with Burrough's own brand of outrageousness and fantasy.

The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia

Author : Laurence Raw
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810869527
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia written by Laurence Raw and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his first feature film, The Duellists, to his international successes Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, and American Gangster, Ridley Scott has directed some of the most compelling films of the last 30 years. Apart from his work as a film director, Scott has engaged in a vast range of activities, including that as a designer, producer, film mogul, and advertising executive. The Ridley Scott Encyclopedia is the first book that focuses on all aspects of his work in a wide-ranging career that spans nearly 50 years. The entries in this encyclopedia focus on all aspects of his work and are divided into four categories. The first focuses on Ridley Scott's work as a director, encompassing his feature films from The Duellists to Body of Lies, as well as his work in television, including commercials. The second category focuses on the people who have been involved in Scott's projects, including actors, directors, producers, designers, writers and other creative personnel. The third focuses on general thematic issues raised in Scott's work, such as gender construction, political issues, and geographical locations. Finally the encyclopedia incorporates entries on films by other directors who have influenced Scott's approach to his work as a director or producer. Each entry is followed by a bibliography of published sources, both in print and online, making this the most comprehensive reference on Scott's body of work.

The Overlook Film Encyclopedia

Author : Phil Hardy
Publisher : Overlook Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Overlook Film Encyclopedia written by Phil Hardy and published by Overlook Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage: 1895-1994.

The Blade Runner Experience

Author : Will Brooker
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023150179X
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Blade Runner Experience written by Will Brooker and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-21 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its release in 1982, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, has remained a cult classic through its depiction of a futuristic Los Angeles; its complex, enigmatic plot; and its underlying questions about the nature of human identity. The Blade Runner Experience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction Classic examines the film in a broad context, examining its relationship to the original novel, the PC game, the series of sequels, and the many films influenced by its style and themes. It investigates Blade Runner online fandom and asks how the film's future city compares to the present-day Los Angeles, and it revisits the film to pose surprising new questions about its characters and their world.

Science Fiction Film

Author : Keith M. Johnston
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 0857850563
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction Film written by Keith M. Johnston and published by Berg. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction Film develops a historical and cultural approach to the genre that moves beyond close readings of iconography and formal conventions. It explores how this increasingly influential genre has been constructed from disparate elements into a hybrid genre. Science Fiction Film goes beyond a textual exploration of these films to place them within a larger network of influences that includes studio politics and promotional discourses. The book also challenges the perceived limits of the genre - it includes a wide range of films, from canonical SF, such as Le voyage dans la lune, Star Wars and Blade Runner, to films that stretch and reshape the definition of the genre. This expansion of generic focus offers an innovative approach for students and fans of science fiction alike.

Encyclopedia of Fictional and Fantastic Languages

Author : Tim Conley
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 : 9780313331886
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Fictional and Fantastic Languages written by Tim Conley and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictional languages are central to numerous creative works. This book examines such languages in a wide range of literature, films, and television shows. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on particular works. Many of these works are widely taught, such as All's Well That Ends Well, Gulliver's Travels, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Utopia, while others are popular books, films, and television series, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cat's Cradle, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars. Thus the encyclopedia helps students understand texts central to the curriculum and popular culture. Each entry discusses the role of imaginary languages in a particular work. Entries range from antiquity to the present and close with suggestions for further reading. The encyclopedia ends with a selected bibliography and includes various helpful finding aids.

Blade Runner 2019 #9

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Titan Comics
ISBN 13 : 1787733300
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Blade Runner 2019 #9 written by Michael Green and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a Replicant mutiny on an Off-world mining colony, Ash and Cleo became separated. Cleo fled with the renegade Replicants, while Ash, believed dead, was taken into custody by Hythe, a corporate Blade Runner, and forcibly recruited to track down her surrogate daughter. Following the renegades’ trail, Hythe and Ash travelled to the way station of Ramanuja where they encountered the Replicant Isobel, whom Ash believed had died back on Earth when she and Cleo first escaped. Together the three women searched for Cleo among the passengers preparing to embark to the Off-world colony of Arcadia. Ash spotted Cleo and her Replicant friend Padric, but before she could act, Hythe double-crossed her, triggering a furious gun battle that left both Padric and Hythe dead. Cleo and Isobel were at long last reunited and set off to Arcadia, while Ash returned back to Earth…

Prosthetic Memory

Author : Alison Landsberg
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231129268
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)

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Download or read book Prosthetic Memory written by Alison Landsberg and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prosthetic Memory argues that mass cultural forms such as cinema and television in fact contain the still-unrealized potential for a progressive politics based on empathy for the historical experiences of others. The technologies of mass culture make it possible for anyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender, to share collective memories--to assimilate as deeply felt personal experiences historical events through which they themselves did not live.

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Author : Philip K. Dick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781615233595
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (335 download)

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Download or read book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? written by Philip K. Dick and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 2021, the Terminus War had driven mankind off-planet and entire species into extinction. Now only the rich can afford living creatures; others may buy amazingly realistic simulacrae: horses, cats, sheep ... Even humans. These artificial people are so advanced it's impossible to tell them from true men and women--except for their lack of empathy. Without empathy, androids can--and do--kill their owners and blend into society, so they're illegal on Earth. It's Rick Deckard's job to find these rogues and "retire" them. But "andys" tend to fight back--with deadly results.

The Films of Ridley Scott

Author : Richard A. Schwartz
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Films of Ridley Scott written by Richard A. Schwartz and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In such films as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, and the recent blockbuster Gladiator, Scott addresses the tensions between institutions and individuals, passion and reason, and social order and personal freedom - particularly for women, who in Scott's films often posses strong characters, moral rectitude, and physical prowess - making him the rare mainstream director who does not reserve such heroic qualities for men only.".

Typeset in the Future

Author : Dave Addey
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 168335334X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Typeset in the Future written by Dave Addey and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A designer’s deep dive into seven science fiction films, filled with “gloriously esoteric nerdery [and] observations as witty as they are keen” (Wired). In Typeset in the Future, blogger and designer Dave Addey invites sci-fi movie fans on a journey through seven genre-defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design. The book delves deep into 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien, Blade Runner, Total Recall, WALL·E, and Moon, studying the design tricks and inspirations that make each film transcend mere celluloid and become a believable reality. These studies are illustrated by film stills, concept art, type specimens, and ephemera, plus original interviews with Mike Okuda (Star Trek), Paul Verhoeven (Total Recall), and Ralph Eggleston and Craig Foster (Pixar). Typeset in the Future is an obsessively geeky study of how classic sci-fi movies draw us in to their imagined worlds.

Blade Runner

Author : Scott Bukatman
Publisher : British Film Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Blade Runner written by Scott Bukatman and published by British Film Institute. This book was released on 1997-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the motion picture

Blade Runner

Author : Amy Coplan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136231455
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Blade Runner written by Amy Coplan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-08 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is widely regarded as a "masterpiece of modern cinema" and is regularly ranked as one of the great films of all time. Set in a dystopian future where the line between human beings and ‘replicants’ is blurred, the film raises a host of philosophical questions about what it is to be human, the possibility of moral agency and freedom in ‘created’ life forms, and the capacity of cinema to make a genuine contribution to our engagement with these kinds of questions. This volume of specially commissioned chapters systematically explores and addresses these issues from a philosophical point of view. Beginning with a helpful introduction, the seven chapters examine the following questions: How is the theme of death explored in Blade Runner and with what implications for our understanding of the human condition? What can we learn about the relationship between emotion and reason from the depiction of the ‘replicants’ in Blade Runner? How are memory, empathy, and moral agency related in Blade Runner? How does the style and ‘mood’ of Blade Runner bear upon its thematic and philosophical significance? Is Blade Runner a meditation on the nature of film itself? Including a brief biography of the director and a detailed list of references to other writings on the film, Blade Runner is essential reading for students – indeed anyone - interested in philosophy and film studies. Contributors: Colin Allen, Peter Atterton, Amy Coplan, David Davies, Berys Gaut, Stephen Mulhall, C. D. C. Reeve.

The Chicken Encyclopedia

Author : Gail Damerow
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603425616
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Chicken Encyclopedia written by Gail Damerow and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From addled to wind egg and crossed beak to zygote, the terminology of everything chicken is demystified in The Chicken Encyclopedia. Complete with breed descriptions, common medical concerns, and plenty of chicken trivia, this illustrated A-to-Z reference guide is both informative and entertaining. Covering tail types, breeding, molting, communication, and much more, Gail Damerow provides answers to all of your chicken questions and quandaries. Even seasoned chicken farmers are sure to discover new information about the multifaceted world of these fascinating birds.

Beyblade

Author : Tracey West
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 054543386X
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book Beyblade written by Tracey West and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents profiles of the heroes, masters, and rivals of Beyblade Metal Fusion.