The science fiction film reader / edited by Gregg Rickman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rickman, Gregg.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction films--United States--History and criticism.

Science fiction films.

United States.

Science fiction films--History and criticism.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxii, 432 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Limelight edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Limelight Editions, 2004.

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.

Contents:

Part 1 Foundations

Trick Effects (1907) / Georges Melies 2

Mr. Wells Reviews a Current Film (1927) / H.G. Wells 5

Metropolis (1927) / Luis Bunuel 13

Wells the Visionary (1936) / Jorge Luis Borges 16

Part 2 Adventures in Outer Space

Frau im Mond (The Woman in the Moon) (1929) / A. Kraszna-Krausz 20

Destination Moon: Real Science Fiction and the Real World (2004) / Brian Doherty 22

Moon Pilot (2004) / Ken Bowers 33

Starship Troopers (1998) / Michael Lennick 41

Part 3 The 1950s

The Day the Earth Stood Still: Interview with Robert Wise (1988) / Tom Weaver 50

"This Means Something!" Invaders from Mars (2004) / Vincent di Fate 60

U-I Sci-Fi: Studio Aesthetics and 1950s Metaphysics (2004) / Blake Lucas 68

Part 4 Imagining Disaster

The Imagination of Disaster (1965) / Susan Sontag 98

D is for Doomsday: Five (2004) / Bob Stephens 114

Don Siegel on the Pod Society (1976) / Stuart M. Kaminsky 132

Nearer My Pod to Thee (1994) / J. Hoberman 140

Part 5 The 1960s

The Damned (2004) / Dan Sallitt 146

Intonation Please: The Creation of the Humanoids (2004) / Chris Fujiwara 153

Signifying Monkeys: Politics and Story-Telling in The Planet of the Apes Series (2004) / Richard von Busack 165

Part 6 Kubrick and Others

The Myth of 2001 (1969) / Arthur C. Clarke 178

Alien Encounters: Science Fiction and the Mysterium in 2001, Solaris, and Contact (2004) / Karl Wessel 181

Juice from A Clockwork Orange (1972) / Anthony Burgess 210

The Best of Both Worlds: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) / Jonathan Rosenbaum 215

Part 7 Star Wars

"The Man Understands the Metaphor": Joseph Campbell on Star Wars (1990) / Phil Cousineau, Stuart L. Brown 226

Not So Long Ago and Far Away: Star Wars, Republics and Empires of Tomorrow (2004) / Doug Williams 229

Part 8 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg on E.T. (2004) / Mike Sragow 254

The Pure and the Impure (1982) / Pauline Kael 261

Well, I Don't Love You, E.T. (1982) / George F.Will 266

Part 9 The Films of Philip K. Dick

"They Did Sight Stimulation on My Brain": Philip K. Dick on Blade Runner (1984, 1991) / Gregg Rickman 270

Blade Runner (1986) / Robin Wood 280

"I Think, Therefore I Am"

Cartesian Motifs in the Filmed Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick (2004) / Gregg Rickman 287

Part 10 Cyborg Cinema

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) / Joe Dante 312

Bodies Without Organs: Cyborg Cinema of the 1980s (1995/2004) / Hassan Melehy 315

Reproducing Ripley (2001/2004) / Carina Dielissen 335

Part 11 Travels in Time and Place

Modernity and Mise-en-Scene: Terry Gilliam and Brazil (1998) / Keith Hamel 344

Time Travel and Spectatorship in 12 Monkeys and Strange Days (2001) / Laura Rascaroli 355

The Philosophy of Time Travel: Back to the Future Again, or The Last Temptation of Donnie Darko (2004) / Gregg Rickman 369

Part 12 Gods and Aliens

Joe Dante's American Apocalypse (1999) / Bill Krohn 382

Discourse on Sovereignity: The Truman Show (2001) / E.J. Park 386

Real Men Wear Black: The Men in Black Films (2004) / Aneta Chapman 390

Signs of Spiritual Life (or Why You Are the Alien Species) (2004) / Read Mercer Schuchardt 397

The Matrix, or the Two Sides of Perversion (2002) / Slavoj Zizek 406.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0879109947

OCLC:

53030288