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book		Close encounters : film, feminism, and science fiction / Constance Penley ... [et al.], editors Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1991. Call No: 735.1 CLO Author: Penley, Constance, 1948 Place: Minneapolis Publisher: University of Minnesota Press PubDate: 1991 PhysDes: xi, 298 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: Camera obscura book Subject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; FAMILY IN FILMS; FANS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; ROBOTS IN FILMS; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926); FRIENDSHIP'S DEATH (UK, Peter Wollen, 1987); ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) Notes: An expanded version of an earlier special issue of Camera Obscura (Fall 1986) entitled Science fiction and sexual difference; Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 0816619115 (acid-free paper); 0816619123 (pbk. : acid-free paper) LON: 7392223 More info
book		Electronic eros : bodies and desire in the postindustrial age / by Claudia Springer Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, c1996. Call No: 735.1 SPR Author: Springer, Claudia Source: US Place: Austin, TX Publisher: University of Texas Press PubDate: c1996 PhysDes: x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Subject: AUTOMOBILES IN FILMS; BODY IN FILMS; COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA; COMPUTERS AND THE CINEMA; COMPUTERS IN FILMS; COMPUTERS AND TV; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND TV; GENDER AND THE CINEMA; GENDER AND TELEVISION; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; ROBOTS IN FILMS; ROBOTS ON TV; SCIENCE AND THE CINEMA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; TECHNOLOGY AND TV; TECHNOLOGY IN FILMS; TECHNOLOGY ON TV; VIRTUAL REALITY; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); EVE OF DESTRUCTION (US, Duncan Gibbins, 1991); LAWNMOWER MAN, THE (US, Brett Leonard, 1992); ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) Summary: "The love affair between humans and the machines that have made us faster and more powerful has expanded into cyberspace, where computer technology seems to offer both the promise of heightened erotic fulfilment and the threat of human obsolescence. In this pathfinding study, Claudia Springer explores the techno-erotic imagery in recent films, cyberpunk fiction, comic books, television, software, and writing on virtual reality and artificial intelligence to reveal how these futuristic images actually encode current debates concerning gender roles and sexuality." -- BOOK BLURB Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0292776977 Donation: M.S. Counihan More info
journal article		Predator 3, or, the cultural logic of late Capitalism in UTS Review (Nov 1998) vol.4 iss.2 p.1-13 Author: Dacre, Anna PhysDes: Article; Bibliography Subject: ROBOTS IN FILMS; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; JAMESON, FREDRIC; PREDATOR (US, John McTiernan, 1987); PREDATOR 2 (US, Stephen Hopkins, 1990) Summary: Postmodernism, cyborgs and the science-fiction genre, particluarly the "Predator" film series, are explored in relation to the work of Fredric Jameson. More info
book		Projecting the shadow : the cyborg hero in American film / Janice Hocker Rushing, Thomas S. Frentz Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Call No: 735.14 HOC Author: Rushing, Janice Hocker; Frentz, Thomas S Place: Chicago Publisher: University of Chicago Press PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: x, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Series: New practices of inquiry Subject: ROBOTS IN FILMS; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; JAWS (US, Steven Spielberg, 1975); DEER HUNTER, THE (US, Michael Cimino, 1978); MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (US, John Frankenheimer, 1962); BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-244) and index ISBN: 0226731677 (paper : alk. paper); 0226731669 (cloth : alk. paper) LON: 95030431; 11723431 More info
book		Replications : a robotic history of the science fiction film / J.P. Telotte Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995. Call No: 735.14 TEL Author: Telotte, J. P., 1949 Place: Urbana Publisher: University of Illinois Press PubDate: 1995 PhysDes: 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; ROBOTS IN FILMS; DOUBLES; FORBIDDEN PLANET (US, Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956); TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982); METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926); TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991); TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984); CHERRY 200 (US, Steve de Jarnatt, 1988); FUTUREWORLD (US, Richard Heffron, 1976); TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990); WESTWORLD (US, Michael Crichton, 1973) Notes: Filmography: p. [197]-208; Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-215) and index ISBN: 0252021770 (cloth : acidb-sfree paper); 0252064666 (paper) LON: 95006586; 11513238 More info
book		The saga of special effects / Ron Fry and Pamela Fourzon London: Robert Hale & Company, 1978. Call No: 236 FRY Author: Fry, Ron; Fourzon, Pamela Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Robert Hale & Company PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: 212 p. ; 29 cm Subject: ANIMATION; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MINIATURE WORK; MODEL WORK; MONSTERS IN FILMS; ROBOTS IN FILMS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; SPECIAL EFFECTS; SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGNERS; STOP-MOTION TECHNIQUE; STORMS IN FILMS; WORLD WAR II AND THE CINEMA; COOPER, MERIAN C.; FULTON, JOHN P.; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; DISNEY, WALT; DUNN, LINWOOD; GILLESPIE, A. ARNOLD; O'BRIEN, WILLIS; PAL, GEORGE; EARTHQUAKE (US, Mark Robson, 1974); KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933); [TWENTY THOUSAND] 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (US, Richard Fleischer, 1954) ISBN: 0709170738 Contents: 1. A definition of "special effects" -- 2. The birth of an industry: Edison, Melies, Urban, Paul, and Porter -- 3. Epics without soundtracks: Griffith, Sennett, Keaton, and Lang -- 4. The entertainment decade: Warner's sound, Dunn's optical printer, and O'Brien's King Kong -- 5. Re-creating a world at war: Gillespie, Jennings, Edouart, Hitchcock, and Disney -- 6. The creature-ridden fifties: Pal, Corman, Howard, Japan's Toho studios, Harryhausen and De Mille -- 7. The spectacular sixties, from The time machine to 2001: Vogel, Cruickshank, Danforth, Lee, and Knoth -- 8. The "disastrous" seventies: Allen, Trumbull, Abbott, Mattey, Robinson, Whitlock, and Von Buelow -- Epilogue: De Laurentis' King Kong - the present (and future) of special effects More info
Interim book		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" SAL Author: Saleh, Dennis Edition: 1st ed Source: US Place: New York Publisher: McGraw-Hill PubDate: 1979 PhysDes: 191 p. : ill. ; 28 cm Subject: 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 More info

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