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Author : Donald C. Willis
Publisher : Scholarly Title
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Variety's Complete Science Fiction Reviews written by Donald C. Willis and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1985 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Donald C. Willis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780824087111
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (871 download)
Download or read book Variety's Complete Science Fiction Reviews written by Donald C. Willis and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frank Manchel
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838631867
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Film Study written by Frank Manchel and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four volumes of Film Study include a fresh approach to each of the basic categories in the original edition. Volume one examines the film as film; volume two focuses on the thematic approach to film; volume three draws on the history of film; and volume four contains extensive appendices listing film distributors, sources, and historical information as well as an index of authors, titles, and film personalities.
Author : Bonnie Noonan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476610053
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Women Scientists in Fifties Science Fiction Films written by Bonnie Noonan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, science was rapidly advancing, and so were scientific opportunities for women. Modern science fiction films reflected these simultaneous social developments. This book proposes that the social ideology of the 1950s, which was partly concerned with gender issues, saturated the B science fiction films of that era and inspired a new appreciation for the role of women in scientific advancements and other social achievements. Drawing on feminist literary and cultural theory, the author argues that the emergence of the modern American science fiction film in 1950 and the situation of post–World War II female scientists together created a film genre. That genre was explicitly amenable to exploring the tension between a woman's place in her home and her place in the work force, particularly in scientific fields. Early chapters provide a general introduction to the science fiction genre and specifically describe 1950s B science fiction films as they resonate with concerns proper to feminist theory. Subsequent chapters offer detailed, historically situated readings of 10 B science fiction films from the 1950s that feature women in science. The cinematic representations of female scientists are compared and contrasted with real female professionals of the time, illuminating the changing gender dynamics reflected in popular film in the 1950s. Films analyzed include Rocketship X-M, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Them!, Tarantula, The Deadly Mantis, Beginning of the End, Kronos, Cat-Women of the Moon, World Without End, and Queen of Outer Space.
Author : Bonnie Noonan
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786459743
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Gender in Science Fiction Films, 1964-1979 written by Bonnie Noonan and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1950s era of science fiction film effectively ended when space flight became a reality with the first manned orbit of Earth in 1962. As the genre's wildly speculative depictions of science and technology gave way to more reality-based representations, relations between male and female characters reflected the changing political and social climates of the era. Drawing on critical analyses, film reviews and cultural commentaries, this book examines the development of science fiction film and its representations of gender, from the groundbreaking films of 1968--including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barbarella and Planet of the Apes--through its often overlooked "Middle Period," which includes such films as Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), The Stepford Wives (1975) and A Boy and His Dog (1975). The author examines intersections of gender and race in The Omega Man (1971) and Frogs (1972), gender and dystopia in Soylent Green (1973) and Logan's Run (1976), and gender and computers in Demon Seed (1977). The big-budget films of the late 1970s--Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien and Star Wars--are also discussed.
Author : Dennis Fischer
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786460911
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998 written by Dennis Fischer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enormous and exhaustive reference book has entries on every major and minor director of science fiction films from the inception of cinema (circa 1895) through 1998. For each director there is a complete filmography including television work, a career summary, a critical assessment, and behind-the-scenes production information. Seventy-nine directors are covered in especially lengthy entries and a short history of the science fiction film genre is also included.
Author : Judith Kerman
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879725105
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (251 download)
Download or read book Retrofitting Blade Runner written by Judith Kerman and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of essays looks at the multitude of texts and influences which converge in Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner, especially the film's relationship to its source novel, Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film's implications as a thought experiment provide a starting point for important thinking about the moral issues implicit in a hypertechnological society. Yet its importance in the history of science fiction and science fiction film rests equally on it mythically and psychologically resonant creation of compelling characters and an exciting story within a credible science fiction setting. These essays consider political, moral and technological issues raised by the film, as well as literary, filmic, technical and aesthetic questions. Contributors discuss the film's psychological and mythic patterns, important political issues and the roots of the film in Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, detective fiction, and previous science fiction cinema.
Author : Alexander C.T. Geppert
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349953393
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Imagining Outer Space written by Alexander C.T. Geppert and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-25 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagining Outer Space makes a captivating advance into the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the European imagination. How was outer space conceived and communicated? What promises of interplanetary expansion and cosmic colonization propelled the project of human spaceflight to the forefront of twentieth-century modernity? In what way has West-European astroculture been affected by the continuous exploration of outer space? Tracing the thriving interest in spatiality to early attempts at exploring imaginary worlds beyond our own, the book analyzes contact points between science and fiction from a transdisciplinary perspective and examines sites and situations where utopian images and futuristic technologies contributed to the omnipresence of fantasmatic thought. Bringing together state-of-the-art work in this emerging field of historical research, the volume breaks new ground in the historicization of the Space Age.
Author : Peter J. Beck
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474229891
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book The War of the Worlds written by Peter J. Beck and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1897, H.G. Wells's alien invasion narrative The War of the Worlds was a landmark work of science fiction and one that continues to be adapted and referenced in the 21st century. Chronicling the novel's contexts, its origins and its many multi-media adaptations, this book is a complete biography of the life – and the afterlives – of The War of the Worlds. Exploring the original text's compelling sense of place and vivid recreation of Wells's Woking home and the concerns of fin-de-siécle Britain, the book goes on to chart the novel's immediate international impact. Starting with the initial serialisations in US newspapers, Peter Beck goes on to examine Orson Welles's legendary 1938 radio adaptation, TV and film adaptations from George Pal to Steven Spielberg, Jeff Wayne's rock opera and the numerous other works that have taken their inspiration from Wells's original. Drawing on new archival research, this is a comprehensive account of the continuing impact of The War of the Worlds.
Author : Sloan De Forest
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0762491531
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)
Download or read book Must-See Sci-fi written by Sloan De Forest and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning nine decades and branded by the most trusted authority on film, Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-Fi showcases 50 of the most shocking, weird, wonderful, and mind-bending movies ever made. From A Trip to the Moon (1902)to Arrival (2016), science fiction cinema has produced a body of classics with a broader range of styles, stories, and subject matter than perhaps any other film genre. They are movies that embed themselves in the depths of the mind, coloring our view of day-to-day reality and probably fueling a few dreams (and nightmares) along the way. In Turner Classic Movies: Must-See Sci-Fi, fifty unforgettable films are profiled, including beloved favorites like The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) and Fantastic Voyage (1966), groundbreaking shockers like Planet of the Apes (1968) and Alien (1979), and lesser-known landmarks like Things to Come (1936) and Solaris (1972). Illustrated by astounding color and black-and-white images, the book presents the best of this mind-bending genre, detailing through insightful commentary and behind-the-scenes stories why each film remains essential viewing. A perfect gift for any film buff or sci-fi fanatic!
Author : Fred Olen Ray
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780899506289
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (62 download)
Download or read book The New Poverty Row written by Fred Olen Ray and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since cinema's earliest beginnings, there has been friction between producers and directors. Shady accounting practices, which favored the distributors at the expense of the filmmakers, were all too common, causing many filmmakers to form independent companies to make and distribute their own product. This book examines six such low-budget exploitation companies--Associated Distributors Productions, Filmgroup, Hemisphere Pictures, American General Pictures, Independent-International Pictures, Dimension Pictures, and the author's own American-Independent Productions. A brief history of each company, laced with quotes from the company's principals, is presented, followed by a filmography that lists all known credits for that company.
Author : Steve Ryfle
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1550223488
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Japan's Favorite Mon-star written by Steve Ryfle and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bigger, badder, and more durable than Hollywood's greatest action heroes, Godzilla emerged from the mushroom cloud of an H-bomb test in 1954 to trample Tokyo. More than 40 years later, he reigns as the undisputed monarch of movie monsters, with legions of fans spanning several generations and countless international boundaries.
Author : Ximena Gallardo C.
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826415707
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Alien Woman written by Ximena Gallardo C. and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-05-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the construction of sex and gender in the four science-fiction films comprising the Alien saga (starring Sigourney Weaver). It will be useful to researchers and teachers in film, mass communication, women's studies, gender studies and genre studies.
Author : Eric Greene
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786426632
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Planet of the Apes as American Myth written by Eric Greene and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2006-03-17 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do political conflicts shape popular culture? This book explores that question by analyzing how the Planet of the Apes films functioned both as entertaining adventures and as apocalyptic political commentary. Informative and thought provoking, the book demonstrates how this enormously popular series of secular myths used images of racial and ecological crisis to respond to events like the Cold War, the race riots of the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement, the Black Power movement, and the Vietnam War. The work utilizes interviews with key filmmakers and close readings of the five Apes films and two television series to trace the development of the series' theme of racial conflict in the context of the shifting ideologies of race during the sixties and seventies. The book also observes that today, amid growing concerns over race relations, the resurgent popularity of Apes and Twentieth Century--Fox's upcoming film may again make Planet of the Apes a pop culture phenomenon that asks who we are and where we are going. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keith M. Johnston
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 0857850563
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)
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 192 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.
Author : Don G. Smith
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476611165
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book H.G. Wells on Film written by Don G. Smith and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most influential thinkers of his era, H.G. Wells is primarily known for his science fiction writings that looked ahead in time to teach and warn. These novels and stories inspired many filmmakers to bring his visions (if often greatly altered or misfocused) to life on screen. He himself wrote screenplays and closely supervised the production of some of his work. This book is a study of every theatrically released film from 1909 to 1997 that is based, even loosely, on the writings of H.G. Wells, including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods and The Empire of the Ants, to name a few. For each film, the author discusses the circumstances surrounding its creation, its plot, how it compares with the literary work, its production and marketing, and its strengths and weaknesses based on aesthetic qualities.
