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The Science Fiction Film Reader

by: Rickman, Gregg

The Science Fiction Film Reader

by: Rickman, Gregg

ISBN 13: 9780879109943
ISBN 10: 0879109947
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/01/2004
Publisher: LIMELIGHT EDITIONS

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Summary

An illustrated collection of essays by masters such as H.G. Wells, Luis Bunuel, Jorge Luis Borges, Arthur C. Clarke, Anthony Burgess, Joseph Campbell, Pauline Kael, George F. Will, Robin Wood, and Susan Sontag.

Introduction

xiii

PART I FOUNDATIONS

Trick Effects

Georges Méliès (1907)

(3)

Mr.Wells Reviews a Current Film

H.G.Wells (1927)

(8)

Metropolis

Luis Buñuel (1927)

(3)

Wells the Visionary

Jorge Luis Borges (1936)

(4)

PART 2 ADVENTURES IN OUTER SPACE

Frau im Mond (The Woman in the Moon)

A. Kraszna-Krausz (1929)

(2)

Destination Moon: Real Science Fiction and the Real World

Brian Doherty (2004)

(11)

Moon Pilot

Ken Bowers (2004)

(8)

Starship Troopers

Michael Lennick (1998)

(9)

PART 3 THE 1950's

The Day the Earth Stood Still: Interview with Robert Wise

Tom Weaver (1988)

(10)

"This Means Something!" Invaders from Mars

Vincent di Fate (2004)

(8)

U-I Sci-Fi: Studio Aesthetics and 1950's Metaphysics

Blake Lucas (2004)

(30)

PART 4 IMAGINING DISASTER

The Imagination of Disaster

Susan Sontag (1965)

(16)

D is for Doomsday: Five

Bob Stephens (2004)

114

(18)

Don Siegel on the Pod Society

Stuart M. Kaminsky (1976)

132

(8)

Nearer My Pod to Thee

J. Hoberman (1994)

140

(6)

PART 5 THE 1960's

The Damned

Dan Sallitt (2004)

146

(7)

Intonation Please: The Creation of the Humanoids

Chris Fujiwara (2004)

153

(12)

Signifying Monkeys: Politics and Story-Telling in The Planet of the Apes Series

Richard von Busack (2004)

165

(13)

PART 6 KUBRICK AND OTHERS

The Myth of 2001

Arthur C. Clarke (1969)

178

(3)

Alien Encounters: Science Fiction and the Mysterium in 2001, Solaris, and Contact

Karl Wessel (2004)

181

(29)

Juice from A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess (1972)

210

(5)

The Best of Both Worlds: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Jonathan Rosenbaum (2001)

215

(11)

PART 7 STAR WARS

"The Man Understands the Metaphor": Joseph Campbell on Star Wars

Phil Cousineau and Stuart L. Brown (1990)

226

(3)

Not So Long Ago and Far Away: Star Wars, Republics and Empires of Tomorrow

Doug Williams (2004)

229

(25)

PART 8 E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

Steven Spielberg on E.T.

Mike Sragow (2004)

254

(7)

The Pure and the Impure

Pauline Kael (1982)

261

(5)

Well, I Don't Love You, E.T.

George F.Will (1982)

266

(4)

PART 9 THE FILMS OF PHILIP K. DICK

"They Did Sight Stimulation on My Brain": Philip K. Dick on Blade Runner

Gregg Rickman (1984, 1991)

270

(10)

Blade Runner

Robin Wood (1986)

280

(7)

"I Think, Therefore I Am"-Cartesian Motifs in the Filmed Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick

Gregg Rickman (2004)

287

(25)

PART 10 CYBORG CINEMA

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Joe Dante (1970)

312

(3)

Bodies Without Organs: Cyborg Cinema of the 1980's

Hassan Melehy (1995/2004)

315

(20)

Reproducing Ripley

Carina Dielissen (2001/2004)

335

(9)

PART 11 TRAVELS IN TIME AND PLACE

Modernity and Mise-en-Scene: Terry Gilliam and Brazil

Keith Hamel (1998)

344

(11)

Time Travel and Spectatorship in 12 Monkeys and Strange Days

Laura Rascaroli (2001)

355

(14)

The Philosophy of Time Travel: Back to the Future Again, or The Last Temptation of Donnie Darko

Gregg Rickman (2004)

369

(13)

PART 12 GODS AND ALIENS

Joe Dante's American Apocalypse

Bill Krohn (1999)

382

(4)

Discourse on Sovereignity: The Truman Show

E.J. Park (2001)

386

(4)

Real Men Wear Black:The Men in Black Films

Aneta Chapman (2004)

390

(7)

Signs of Spiritual Life (or Why You Are the Alien Species)

Read Mercer Schuchardt (2004)

397

(9)

The Matrix, or the Two Sides of Perversion

Slavoj Zizek (2002)

406

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