Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 274, [14] p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0275983951
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9780313025143
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9780275983956
Content:
For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone. On a deeper level, the genre has reflected important themes, concerns and developments in American society, so that a history of science fiction film also serves as a cultural history of America over the past half century.||M. Keith Booker has selected fifteen of the most successful and innovative science fiction films of all time, and examined each of them at length-from cultural, technical and cinematic perspectives-to see
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Introduction; 1 The Day the Earth Stood Still; 2 Forbidden Planet; 3 Invasion of the Body Snatchers; 4 2001: A Space Odyssey; 5 Planet of the Apes; 6 Star Wars; 7 Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Photo essay; 8 Alien; 9 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; 10 Blade Runner; 11 The Terminator; 12 Robocop; 13 The Abyss; 14 Independence Day; 15 The Matrix; Conclusion: Science Fiction Film and American Culture; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Print version Alternate Americas : Science Fiction Film and American Culture
Language:
English
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