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  1. Projecting tomorrow
    science fiction and popular cinema
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Tauris, London [u.a.]

    Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is about more than just special effects. It has also provided a vehicle for... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    Bs 4281
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    Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is about more than just special effects. It has also provided a vehicle for filmmakers and writers to comment on their own societies and cultures. This new exploration of the genre examines landmark science fiction films from the 1930s to the present. They include genre classics such as 'Things to Come', 'Forbidden Planet' and '2001: A Space Odyssey' alongside modern blockbusters 'Star Wars' and 'Avatar'. Chapman and Cull consider both screen originals and adaptations of the work of major science fiction authors. They also range widely across the genre from pulp adventure and space opera to political allegory and speculative documentary - there is even a science fiction musical

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1780764103; 178076409X; 9781780764108; 9781780764092
    Subjects: Science fiction films
    Scope: XIV, 240 S., Ill.
  2. Projecting tomorrow
    science fiction and popular cinema
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  I.B. Tauris, London [u.a.]

    Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is about more than just special effects. It has also provided a vehicle for... more

    Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen, Bibliothek
    3.2.13.CHAP
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    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    Bs 4281
    Unlimited inter-library loan, copies and loan
    Universität Konstanz, Kommunikations-, Informations-, Medienzentrum (KIM)
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    Cinema and science fiction were made for each other. The science fiction genre has produced some of the most extraordinary films ever made, yet science fiction cinema is about more than just special effects. It has also provided a vehicle for filmmakers and writers to comment on their own societies and cultures. This new exploration of the genre examines landmark science fiction films from the 1930s to the present. They include genre classics such as 'Things to Come', 'Forbidden Planet' and '2001: A Space Odyssey' alongside modern blockbusters 'Star Wars' and 'Avatar'. Chapman and Cull consider both screen originals and adaptations of the work of major science fiction authors. They also range widely across the genre from pulp adventure and space opera to political allegory and speculative documentary - there is even a science fiction musical

     

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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781780764108; 9781780764092; 1780764103; 178076409X
    Other identifier:
    9781780764108
    Series: Cinema and society series
    Subjects: Science fiction films
    Other subjects: Array
    Scope: 240 S., Ill., 24 cm