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Hollywood Presents Jules Verne : The Father of Science Fiction on Screen
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taves, Brian, 1959-2019.
- Series:
- Screen classics (Lexington, Ky.)
- Screen classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction films--United States--History and criticism.
- Science fiction films.
- Film adaptations--United States--History and criticism.
- Film adaptations.
- Verne, Jules, 1828-1905--Film adaptations.
- Verne, Jules.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (371 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the most widely translated authors of all time, Jules Verne has inspired filmmakers since the early silent period and continues to fascinate audiences more than one hundred years after his works were first published. In 'Hollywood Presents Jules Verne', Brian Taves investigates the indelible mark that the author has left on English-language cinema.
- Contents:
- Introduction: how a French author met Hollywood
- The silents
- Searching for a popular approach, 1925-1945
- Creating a style, 1946-1955
- Establishing a mythos as the Verne cycle begins, 1956-1959
- The height of the Verne cycle, 1960-1962
- The cycle changes, 1963-1971
- Toward a new aesthetic, 1972-1979
- The wandering trail, 1981-1993
- The revival, 1993-1996
- Telefilms and miniseries reign, 1997-1999
- Biography or pastiche, 2000-2003
- Dismal reiterations, 2004-2008
- A new formulation, 2008-present
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813165523
- 0813165520
- OCLC:
- 907532757
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