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ALIENS IN FILMS
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Monsters in the machine : science fiction film and the militarization of America after World War II / Steffen Hantke Jackson [Mississippi]: University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
Call No: 735.1(73) HANAuthor: Hantke, Steffen Source: USPlace: Jackson [Mississippi]Publisher: University Press of MississippiPubDate: 2016PhysDes: 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; ALIENS IN FILMS ; NUCLEAR WARFARE IN FILMS ; COLD WAR AND THE CINEMA Summary: "With admirable scope and lucidity, Monsters in the Machine insightfully analyzes sci-fi films of the postwar period to expose the cultural politics and political ethos of an era dominated by the aura of World War II and the nuclear shadow it cast over Henry Luce's 'American Century'. Providing rich touchstones for the major tensions and contradictions that informed the groteque mechanisms of the Cold War, Monsters in the Machine should be required for any course on American Cold War culture." -- ALAN NADELNotes: Includes bibliographical references, notes, and indexISBN: 9781496805652Donation: donated by Senses of CinemaContents: Acknowedgments -- Introduction: A bright new future, with monsters -- Chapter One: Military stock footage -- Chapter Two: Veterans -- Chapter Three: The Southwest -- Chapter Four: Decolonization -- Conclusion: The long shadow of the Fifties -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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The philosophy of tv noir / edited by Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble Lexington, KN: University of Kentucky Press, c2008.
Call No: 734.1 PHIAuthor: Sanders, Steven M. ; Skoble, Aeon J. Place: Lexington, KNPublisher: University of Kentucky PressPubDate: c2008PhysDes: viiii, 272 p. ; 24 cmSeries: the philosophy of popular culureSubject: AESTHETICS ; ALIENS IN FILMS ; CHARACTERIZATION IN FILMS ; ETHICS AND TV ; FILM NOIR ; RELIGION AND TV ; CARTER, CHRIS ; FOUCAULT, MICHEL ; GREENE, GRAHAM ; BIG SLEEP, THE (US, Howard Hawkes, 1946) ; CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION [TV] (US/CA, 2000-) ; DARK CITY (US, Alex Proyas, 1997) ; D.O.A. (US, Ruldolph Mate, 1950) ; DOUBLE INDEMNITY (US, Billy Wilder, 1944) ; FUGITIVE, THE (US, Andrew Davis, 1993) ; HE WALKS BY NIGHT (US, Alfred Werker, 1948) ; LEVIATHAN (US/IT, George Pan Cosmatos, 1989) ; NAKED CITY [TV] (US, 1958-1963) ; X-FILES, THE [TV] (US, 1993-) Summary: Film noir reflects the fatalistic themes and visual style of hard-boiled novelists and many emigre filmmakers in 1940s and 1950s America, emphasizing crime, alienation, and moral ambiguity. In The Philosophy of TV Noir, Steven M. Sanders and Aeon J. Skoble argue that the legacy of film noir classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Big Sleep is also found in episodic television from the mid-1950s to the present. In this first-of-its-kind collection, contributors from philosophy, film studies, and literature raise fundamental questions about the human predicament, giving this unique volume its moral resonance and demonstrating why television noir deserves our attention." "With this focus on the philosophical dimensions of crime, espionage, and science fiction series, The Philosophy of TV Noir draws out the full implications of film noir and establishes TV noir as an art form in its own right."--BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780813124490Contents: Dragnet, film noir, and postwar realism / R. Barton Palmer -- Naked city: the relativist turn in TV noir / Robert E. Fitzgibbons -- John Drake in Greeneland: noir themes in Secret agent / Sander Lee -- Action and integrity in The fugitive / Aeon J. Skoble -- Noir et blanc in color: existentialism and Miami vice / Steven M. Sanders -- 24 and the existential man of revolt / Jennifer L. McMahon -- Carniva`le knowledge: give me that old-time noir religion / Eric Bronson -- The Sopranos, film noir, and nihilism / Kevin L. Stoehr -- CSI and the art of forensic detection / Deborah Knight, George McKnight -- Detection and the logic of abduction in The X-files / Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke -- Kingdom of darkness: autonomy and conspiracy in The X-files and Millennium / Michael Valdez Moses -- The prisoner and self-imprisonment / Shai Biderman, William J. Devlin -- Twin Peaks, noir, and open interpretation / Jason Holt.
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Science fiction gold : film classics of the 50s / by Dennis Saleh ; foreword by Ray Harryhausen New York: McGraw-Hill, 1979.
Call No: 735.1 "195" SALAuthor: Saleh, Dennis Edition: 1st edSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: McGraw-HillPubDate: 1979PhysDes: 191 p. : ill. ; 28 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SCIENCE IN FILMS ; ALIENS IN FILMS ; ROBOTS IN FILMS ; SPACE TRAVEL IN FILMS ; TECHNOLOGY IN FILMS ; UTOPIA IN FILMS ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE (US, Robert Wise, 1951) ; IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (US, Jack Arnold, 1953) ; INVADERS FROM MARS (US, Tobe Hooper, 1986) ; THEM! (US, Gordon Douglas, 1954) ; CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (US, Jack Arnold, 1954) ; FORBIDDEN PLANET (US, Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) Summary: 14 classics films from the 50s with their stories, commentary, and credits. All films are science fiction films, which include invasions, mutations, radiations. (taken from back cover)ISBN: 0070544670
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Screening the sacred : religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film / edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr Boulder: Westview Press, c1995.
Call No: 45:2 SCRAuthor: Ostwalt, Conrad Eugene, 1959 ; Martin, Joel W., 1956 Place: BoulderPublisher: Westview PressPubDate: c1995PhysDes: x, 193 p. ; 24 cmSubject: MYTH AND THE CINEMA. USA ; RELIGION AND THE CINEMA. USA ; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; DISASTERS IN FILMS ; ALLEGORY IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; HERO IN FILMS ; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA ; ALIENS IN FILMS ; VIETNAM WAR IN FILMS ; NINE 1/2 WEEKS (US, Adrian Lyne, 1986) ; PSYCHO (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) ; BLOOD SIMPLE (US, Joel Coen, 1984) ; PLATOON (US, Oliver Stone, 1986) ; STAR WARS (US, George Lucas, 1977) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ROCKY (US, John G. Avildsen, 1976) ; IRONWEED (US, Hector Babenco, 1987) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-182) and indexISBN: 0813388295 (alk. paper); 0813388309 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11259176
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