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Projecting tomorrow : science fiction and popular cinema
- Title
- Projecting tomorrow : science fiction and popular cinema / James Chapman & Nicholas J. Cull.
- Author
- Chapman, James, 1968-
- Publication
- London [England] ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Cull, Nicholas John
- Description
- xiv, 240 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is about more than just special effects. It has also provided a vehicle for filmmakers and writers to comment on their own societies and cultures. This new exploration of the genre examines landmark science fiction films from the 1930s to the present. They include genre classics such as 'Things to Come', 'Forbidden Planet' and '2001: A Space Odyssey' alongside modern blockbusters 'Star Wars' and 'Avatar'. Chapman and Cull consider both screen originals and adaptations of the work of major science fiction authors. They also range widely across the genre from pulp adventure and space opera to political allegory and speculative documentary - there is even a science fiction musical.
- Series Statement
- Cinema and society series
- Uniform Title
- Cinema and society.
- Alternative Title
- Science fiction and popular cinema
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmography (p. [223]-229).
- Call Number
- MFL 13-4658
- ISBN
- 9781780764092 (pbk.)
- 1780764103 (pbk.)
- 9781780764108 (pbk.)
- 178076409X (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 835017937
- Author
- Chapman, James, 1968- author.
- Title
- Projecting tomorrow : science fiction and popular cinema / James Chapman & Nicholas J. Cull.
- Imprint
- London [England] ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Series
- Cinema and society seriesCinema and society.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes filmography (p. [223]-229).
- Added Author
- Cull, Nicholas John, author.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 13-4658