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This study examines one of the most enduring and popular genres of Hollywood cinema, suggesting how the science fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they have evolved in American culture over the course of the 20th century. Telotte provides a survey of criticism and an overview of the history of the genre, from its earliest literary manifestations to the present. He offers in-depth readings of three key films;Robocop, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and THX 1138, each of which typifies a particular form of science fiction fantasy.
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"...a solid scholarly overview of the genre and its overlapping narratives." Utopian Studies
"Telotte suggests how the science-fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they evolved over the course of the 20th century.... Telotte offers a historical overview that anchors his reasoned critical conclusions.... Valuable in any college or university library." Choice
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This study examines one of the most enduring and popular genres of Hollywood cinema, suggesting how the science fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they have evolved in American culture over the course of the 20th century. Telotte provides a survey of criticism and an overview of the history of the genre, from its earliest literary manifestations to the present. He offers in-depth readings of three key films;Robocop, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and THX 1138, each of which typifies a particular form of science fiction fantasy.
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Whenever students of film approach the science fiction genre, it appears they immediately find themselves facing a kind of paradox, one akin to the problematic logic built into the form's combinatory designation - that is, as science and fiction, as fact and fabrication. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
science fiction film criticism, genre thinking, science fiction cinema, fantastic text, science fiction narratives, postmodern science fiction, science fiction genre, science fiction literature, terminal identity, science fiction films, critical vantages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Star Wars, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rosemary Jackson, Machine Age, The Thing, Just Imagine, United States, Devils Tower, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Forbidden Planet, Buck Rogers, Dark City, Destination Moon, Dick Jones, Edward James, Logan's Run, Roy Neary, Eve of Destruction, Fritz Lang, Old Detroit, Space Odyssey, Susan Sontag, The Day the Earth Stood Still New!
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Whenever students of film approach the science fiction genre, it appears they immediately find themselves facing a kind of paradox, one akin to the problematic logic built into the form's combinatory designation - that is, as science and fiction, as fact and fabrication. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
science fiction film criticism, genre thinking, science fiction cinema, fantastic text, science fiction narratives, postmodern science fiction, science fiction genre, science fiction literature, terminal identity, science fiction films, critical vantages Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Star Wars, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Rosemary Jackson, Machine Age, The Thing, Just Imagine, United States, Devils Tower, Flash Gordon, Star Trek, Starship Troopers, Forbidden Planet, Buck Rogers, Dark City, Destination Moon, Dick Jones, Edward James, Logan's Run, Roy Neary, Eve of Destruction, Fritz Lang, Old Detroit, Space Odyssey, Susan Sontag, The Day the Earth Stood Still New!
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- The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre (Cornell Paperbacks) by Tzvetan Todorov on 6 pages
- Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion (New Accents) by Dr Rose Jackson on 6 pages
- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg on 6 pages
- A Distant Technology: Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age by J. P. Telotte on 5 pages
- Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction on Film (Alternatives) by George E Slusser PhD on 5 pages
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- Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier on 5 pages
- Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science-Fiction Cinema by Annette Kuhn on 5 pages
- Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Susan J. Napier on 5 pages
- Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film by J P. Telotte in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii by Brian Ruh in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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