Matters of Gravity: Special Effects and Supermen in the 20th Century by Scott Bukatman  (2)
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"Intriguing.... This is not a 'nuts and bolts'history of onscreen magic, but a specific analysis of the 'cultural reception'that visual effects have enjoyed throughout the history of cinema." -- American Cinematographer
"[A] ground-breaking book... Pierson's journey through the history of special effects offers us an important new perspective which has previously been left out of cinema-related academia and formal criticism." -- John McGowan-Hartmann, Senses of Cinema
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Designed to trick the eye and stimulate the imagination, special effects have changed the way we look at films and the worlds created in them. Computer-generated imagery (CGI), as seen in Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Men in Black, and The Matrix, is just the latest advance in the evolution of special effects. Even as special effects have been marveled at by millions, this is the first investigation of their broader cultural reception. Moving from an exploration of nineteenth-century popular science and magic to the Hollywood science fiction cinema of our time, Special Effects examines the history, advancements, and connoisseurship of special effects, asking what makes certain types of cinematic effects special, why this matters, and for whom. Michele Pierson shows how popular science magazines, genre filmzines, and computer lifestyle magazines have articulated an aesthetic criticism of this emerging art form and have helped shape how these hugely popular on-screen technological wonders have been viewed by moviegoers.
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- Dark Shadows Resurrected by Jim Pierson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Dark Shadows Resurrected by Jim Pierson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Edging Into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation by Veronica Hollinger on page 64, and Back Matter
- The Vatican to Vegas: The History of Special Effects by Norman M. Klein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Transnational Cinema, The Film Reader (In Focus: Routledge Film Readers) by Elizabeth Ezra in Back Matter
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