Industrial society and the science fiction blockbuster : social critique in films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron / Mark T. Decker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Decker, Mark T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction films--History and criticism.

Science fiction films.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--History and criticism.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"As challengers of the status quo's technological underpinnings, Luke Skywalker, Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor echo the once-popular social criticism of philosopher Herbert Marcuse speaking directly to the concerns of people living in a technologically complex society. The films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron made money but also made us think about the world we live in"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Big-budget science fiction film and profitable social critique

Creating cleverly subversive science fiction universes

George Lucas battles the empire of unfreedom in American graffiti and the Star Wars films

Ridley Scott takes on apparently evil corporations in Alien, Blade runner, and Prometheus

James Cameron reforms the company man in Terminator and T2

Cameron's questioners: two-dimensional protagonists in Aliens, Titanic, and Avatar

Afterword: the cultural half-life of subversive blockbusters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786499113

0786499117

OCLC:

938855831