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101 sci-fi movies you must see before you die / general editor Steven Jay Schneider Sydney: ABC Books, c2009.
Call No: 735.1 ONEAuthor: Schneider ,Steven Jay (ed.) Source: ATPlace: SydneyPublisher: ABC BooksPubDate: c2009PhysDes: 416 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 16 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; CRITICISM Summary: "Lists "must-see" science fiction movies in a chronological arrangement, providing information on director, producer, screenplay writer, music, and cast members, along with a review of each." -- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA
"Voyage to the moon -- Metropolis -- Back to the Future -- Things to Come -- The Day the Earth Stood Still -- Forbidden Planet -- Invasion of the Body Snatchers -- The Incredible Shrinking Man -- La Jetée -- Children of Men -- Aelita -- Gojira -- Alphaville -- Planet of the Apes -- 2001: A Space Odyssey -- It Came From Outer Space -- A Clockwork Orange -- Solaris -- Sleeper -- La Planete Sauvage -- The Man Who Fell to Earth -- Star Wars -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- Stalker -- Alien -- The Empire Strikes Back -- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- The Thing -- Blade Runner -- Videodrome -- Return of the Jedi -- The Terminator -- Brazil -- The Quiet Earth -- The Fly -- Aliens -- Akira -- Total Recall -- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Jurassic Park -- Independence Day -- Tetsuo -- The Matrix -- The Fifth Element -- Gattaca -- Logan's Run -- THX 1138 -- Open your eyes -- Dune -- TRON" -- BOOK BACK COVERNotes: "A Quintessence book" -- Title page verso; Includes index.ISBN: 9780733324956Contents: -- Introduction -- The 1900s -- The 1910s -- The 1920s -- The 1930s -- The 1940s -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- The 1970s -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The 2000s -- Index -- Contributors -- Picture credits --
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Alien : the special effects / Don Shay and Bill Norton London: Titan Books, 1997.
Call No: 236ALI SHAAuthor: Norton, Bill ; Shay, Don Edition: First editionSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Titan BooksPubDate: 1997PhysDes: 144 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 21 x 23 cmSubject: SPECIAL EFFECTS ; CINEMATOGRAPHY ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ; COSTUME DESIGNING ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; COMPUTERS AND THE CINEMA ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIEN 3 (US, David Fincher, 1992) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) Summary: "Discover how the amazing special effects in Alien, Aliens, and Alien3 were achieved in this inside, in-depth, look behind the scenes. All the secrets of these visually stunning and innovative blockbuster films are contained in this first, exciting, collaboration between Titan books and respected special effects magazine Cinefex. " -- BOOK BLURBNotes: "This collection comprises three articles originally published in Cinefex magazine" - t.p. versoISBN: 1852866950Contents: -- alien: creating an alien ambience by Don Shay -- aliens: this time it's war by Don Shay -- alien3: zealots and xenomorphs by Bill Norton ---
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Alien zone : cultural theory and contemporary science fiction cinema / edited by Annette Kuhn London New York: Verso, 1990.
Call No: 735.1 KUHAuthor: Kuhn, Annette Source: UK/USPlace: London New YorkPublisher: VersoPubDate: 1990PhysDes: viii, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; TECHNOLOGY IN FILMS ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231)ISBN: 0860912787; 0860919935 (pbk.)LON: 6923144Contents: -- Introduction : cultural theory and science fiction cinema / Annette Kuhn -- Visions of the future in science fiction films from 1970 to 1982 / H. Bruce Franklin -- The alien messiah / Hugh Ruppersberg -- Commodity futures / Thomas B. Byers -- Technophobia / Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner -- Making culture into nature / Michael Stern -- Feminism, humanism and science in Alien / James H. Kavanagh -- Feminism and anxiety in Alien / Judith Newton -- Primal conditions and conventions : the genre of science fiction / Daniel Dervin -- The virginity of astronauts : sex and the science fiction film / Vivian Sobchack -- Time travel, primal scene and the critical dystopia / Constance Penley -- Alien and the monstrous-feminine / Barbara Creed -- The doubles of fantasy and the space of desire / J.P. Telotte -- 'You've got to be fucking kidding!' : knowledge, belief and judgement in science fiction / Steve Neale -- Cataract surgery : cinema in the year 2000 / Paul Virilio -- Ramble city : postmodernism and Blade runner / Giuliana Bruno -- Who programs you? : the science fiction of the spectacle / Scott Bukatman -- Gynesis, postmodernism and the science fiction horror film / Barbara Creed -- Feminist futures : a generic study / Anne Cranny-Francis
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Alien zone II : the spaces of science-fiction cinema / edited by Annette Kuhn London New York: Verso, 1999.
Call No: 735.1 KUHAuthor: Kuhn, Annette Place: London New YorkPublisher: VersoPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 308 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; CITIES IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ; UTOPIA IN FILMS ; FANS ; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; SPECTATORSHIP ; ADAPTATIONS. WELLS, H.G. ; VAN DAMME, JEAN-CLAUDE ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; CREED, BARBARA ; TRUMBULL, DOUGLAS ; JOHNNY MNEMONIC (US, Robert Longo, 1995) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-99) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; ALIEN [...] (UK/US, 1979-92) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; DEMOLITION MAN (US, Marco Brambilla, 1993) ; MAX HEADROOM [TV] (US, 1987-89) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Notes: Filmography: p. [276]-284; Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and indexISBN: 1859842593 (paper); 1859847463 (cloth)LON: 20466609
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Apocalypse in Australian fiction and film : a critical study / by Roslyn Weaver Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company Inc., c2011.
Call No: 408.1(94) WEAAuthor: Weaver, Roslyn Source: USPlace: Jefferson, N.C.Publisher: McFarland & Company Inc.PubDate: c2011PhysDes: x, 230 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmSeries: Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 28Subject: APOCALYPSE IN FILMS ; DISASTERS IN FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; MAD MAX [...] (AT, 1979-85) ; TOMORROW, WHEN THE WAR BEGAN (AT, Stuart Beattie, 2010) Summary: "This volume explores the role of Australia in apocalyptic literature and film. Works and genres covered include Nevil Shute's popular novel On the Beach, Mad Max, children's literature, Indigenous writing, and cyberpunk. The text examines ways in which apocalypse undermines complacency, foretells environmental disasters, critiques colonization, and serves as a vehicle of protest for minority groups"--Provided by publisherNotes: Includes bibliographic references and indexISBN: 978-0-7864-6051-9Contents: 1. An apocalyptic map: new worlds and the colonization of Australia -- 2. The shield of distance: apocalypse in Australian literature after 1945 -- 3. An apocalyptic landscape: the Mad max films -- 4. Children of the apocalypse: Australian children's literature -- 5. (Re)writing the end of the world: apocalypse, race and indigenous literature -- 6. The end of the human: apocalypse, cyberpunk and the Parrish Plessis novelsID2: 189
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The audible future : Dolby Atmos and the immersive sound of contemporary science fiction / a thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in English. By Harry Burson, BA. Washington, DC.: c2015.
Call No: 244 BURAuthor: Burson, Harry Source: USPlace: Washington, DC.PubDate: c2015Subject: SOUND ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SOUND SYSTEMS ; DOLBY SYSTEM Summary: This thesis examines the aesthetics and ideology of the recent wave of so-called "immersive" sound formats designed for cinematic exhibition. Focusing on the Dolby Atmos format, this paper contextualizes contemporary audiovisual aesthetics within the cultural, industrial, and technological history of American cinematic sound, and argues that Atmos forecloses possibilities for sonic experimentation by forcing strict adherence to current spatially based conventions for cinematic realism. Formal analysis of recent science fiction films--including Guardians of the Galaxy, Transformers: Age of Extinction, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles--reveals the tension between the purported mimetic naturalism of immersive sound and the irreal Atmos soundtracks of contemporary Hollywood spectacles.Contents: Introduction -- Understanding Atmos: Decoding Immersive Sound -- The Sound of science (Fiction): Listening to Atmos -- Conclusion: Cultural Resonances
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Back from the past in Canberra Times [Panorama] (14/02/2015) p.14
Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMSAuthor: Wilson, Jake PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Summary: Time travel in films.
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Bollywood and its other(s) : towards new configurations / edited by Vikrant Kishore, Amit Sarwal and Parichay Patra Houndmills. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Call No: 71(540) BOLAuthor: KIshore, Vikrant (ed.) ; Patra, Parichay (ed.) ; Sarwal, Amit (ed.) Source: US/UK/ATPlace: Houndmills. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New YorkPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xii, 229 pages ; 23 cmSubject: INDIA ; INDIA IN FILMS ; BOLLYWOOD ; INDIAN CINEMA ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. INDIA ; THEORY ; DIASPORIC CINEMA ; MUSIC AND THE CINEMA ; MUSIC IN FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; AESTHETICS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Summary: "How do we define the globalized cinema and media cultures of Bollywood in an age when it has become part of the cultural diplomacy of an emerging superpower? Is it still an 'other' industry in a world dominated by American Cinemas? Bollywood and Its Other(s) aims to compensate for the lack of scholarly literature on Bollywood studies by opening up hitherto unexplored sites or sites that are in formation. One of the most comprehensive volumes on Bollywood so far, it focuses on the aesthetic-philosophical questions of the other, Indian diaspora's negotiations with national identity, alternative reading strategies/research methods, marginal genres (sci-fi, horror), marginal characters (flaneuse, vamps), marginal gender (non-normative sexualities), marginal cinema (Hindi avant-garde), marginal language (Hinglish), and marginal regions (the Kashmir valley). It intends to address film scholars, South Asian studies researchers, cinephiles and lay readers alike.- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781137426499Donation: Senses of CinemaContents: -- list of figures -- notes on contributors -- introduction: Vikrant Kishore, Amit Sarwal and Parichay Patra -- Section I Exploring the Other: Cinema, Aesthetics, Philosophy -- 1.Self, Other and Bollywood: The Evolution of the Hindi Film as a Site of Ambivalence / Dibyakusum Ray -- 2.Bombay Cinema's Aesthetic Other: Hindi Shastriya Cinema in Retrospect / Parichay Patra -- Section II Diaspora and the Formation of the Global Bollywood -- 3.Transgressing the Moral Universe: Bollywood and the Terrain of the Representable / Sarah A. Joshi -- 4.A Perfect Match: Entertainment and Excess of Cricket within the Diasporic Experience of Bollywood / Sanchari De and Manas Ghosh -- Section III The Musicality of Bollywood: Possibilities of Alternative Reading(s) -- 5.Hindi Popular Cinema and Its Peripheries: Of Female Singers, Performances and the Presence/Absence of Suraiya / Madhuja Mukherjee -- 6.'Dil Dance Maare Re': Bollywoodisation of the Indian Folk Dance Forms / Vikrant Kishore -- 7.The Systems Model of Creativity and Indian Film: A Study of Two Young Music Directors from Kerala, India / Phillip McIntyre, Bob Davis and Vikrant Kishore -- Section IV Bollywood's Other(s): Sexuality, B Movie, Queerness -- 8.Sugar and Spice: The Golden Age of the Hindi Movie Vamps, 1960s--1970s / Suneeti Rekhari -- 9.Popular Forms, Altering Normativities: Queer Buddies in Contemporary Mainstream Hindi Cinema / Aneeta Rajendran -- 10.Hinglish Cinema: The Confluence of East and West / Amit Sarwal -- 11.The Ramsay Chronicles: Non-normative Sexualities in Purana Mandir and Bandh Darwaza / Mithuraaj Dhusiya -- 12.Bollywood's Encounters with the Third Kind: A Critical Catalogue of Hindi Science Fiction Films / Sami Ahmad Khan -- Section V Bollywood's Other, India's Other -- 13.Death Becomes Her: Bombay Cinema, Nation and Kashmir: In Conversation with the Desire Machine Collective, Guwahati / Kaushik Bhaumik -- afterword: Anupam Sharma -- index --
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Chris Marker and "La Jetee" / by Ronco Yaobing Liem Michigan: University Microfilms International, 1983.
Call No: 79 JET LIEAuthor: Liem, Ronco Yaobing Source: USPlace: MichiganPublisher: University Microfilms InternationalPubDate: 1983PhysDes: 172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; TIME TRAVEL IN FILMS ; TIME IN FILMS ; MARKER, CHRIS ; JETEE, LA (FR, Chris Marker, 1963) Notes: Includes bibliographic references and appendix.ISBN: N/AContents: Introduction -- Chapter 1-Introduction to Chris Marker -- Chapter II-Chris Marker: Biographical Information -- Chapter III-Individual films of Chris Marker -- Chapter IV-Chris Marker and Collective Film-Making -- Chapter V-Additional Film Work by Chris Marker -- Chapter VI-Introduction to La Jetee -- Chapter VII-Science Fiction Film -- Chapter VIII-Still Photographs in Motion Pictures -- Chapter IX-Credits and Narration of La Jetee -- Chapter X-Description and analysis of La Jetee -- Chapter XI-Discussion of La Jetee -- Chapter XII-Concluding Remarks -- References -- Appendix-Selected Source Listings
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Cinema today / Buscombe, Edward London: Phaidon Press, 2003.
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Cloning the future : science fiction films 1896 - 1996 1996.
Call No: Journal shelves. Sight & Sound Special IssuesPubDate: 1996Subject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Language: English
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Close encounters : film, feminism, and science fiction / Constance Penley ... [et al.], editors Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1991.
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Contemporary Spanish cinema / Barry Jordan and Rikki Morgan-Tamosunas Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1998.
Call No: 71(46) JORAuthor: Jordan, Barry, 1950 ; Morgan-Tamosunas, Rikki Place: ManchesterPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 1998PhysDes: vi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SPAIN ; COMEDIES. SPAIN ; THRILLERS. SPAIN ; FANTASTIC FILMS. SPAIN ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. SPAIN ; HORROR FILMS. SPAIN ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. SPAIN ; SPAIN: CATALONIA ; SPAIN: BASQUE COUNTRY ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. SPAIN ; ALMODOVAR, PEDRO ; BIGAS LUNA ; GARCI, JOSE LUIS ; MEDEM, JULIO ; MIRO, PILAR ; SAURA, CARLOS ; TRUEBA, FERNANDO ; COLMENA, LA (SP, Mario Camus, 1982) ; NADIE HABLARA DE NOSOTRAS CUANDO HAYAMOS MUERTO (SP, Agustin Diaz Yanes, 1995) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 071904412X (hbk.); 0719044138 (pbk.)LON: abn98241412; 14031781
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Electronic eros : bodies and desire in the postindustrial age / by Claudia Springer Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, c1996.
Call No: 735.1 SPRAuthor: Springer, Claudia Source: USPlace: Austin, TXPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: c1996PhysDes: x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: 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 BLURBNotes: Includes indexISBN: 0292776977Donation: M.S. Counihan
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Fantastic films Chicago: Blake Publishing Group, 1978.
Call No: Held: vol. 1 no. 3 August 1978CorpAuthor: Blake Publishing GroupSource: USPlace: ChicagoPublisher: Blake Publishing GroupPubDate: 1978Subject: FANTASTIC FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ID2: 234
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Film at the intersection of high and mass culture / Paul Coates Cambridge [England] New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Call No: 408 COAAuthor: Coates, Paul, 1953 Place: Cambridge [England] New YorkPublisher: Cambridge University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xvii, 201 p. ; 24 cmSeries: Cambridge studies in filmSubject: POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; WESTERNS ; FILM NOIR ; RACIAL STEREOTYPES IN FILMS ; STARS ; GENRES ; HORROR FILMS ; VOICE OVER ; MUSIC TELEVISION ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; MARKER, CHRIS ; TARKOVSKY, ANDREI ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; FRANJU, GEORGES ; STALLONE, SYLVESTER ; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH ; LANG, FRITZ ; LEE, SPIKE ; MADONNA ; MONROE, MARILYN ; POTTER, DENNIS ; BEDROOM WINDOW, THE (US, Curtis Hanson, 1986) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; JETEE, LA (FR, Chris Marker, 1963) ; MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, THE (US, John Ford, 1962) ; AUFZEICHNUNGEN ZU KLEIDERN UND STADTEN (GW, Wim Wenders, 1989) ; OUT OF THE PAST (US, Jacques Tourneur, 1947) ; ROCKY IV (US, Sylvester Stallone, 1985) ; OFFRET [SACRIFICE, THE] (SW/FR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986) ; SEARCHERS, THE (US, John Ford, 1956) ; SINGING DETECTIVE, THE [TV] (UK, Jon Amiel, 1986) ; SOLARIS (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) ; WESELE (PL, Andrzej Wajda, 1972) ; DAY OF THE LOCUST, THE (US, John Schlesinger, 1975) ; REAR WINDOW (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-194) and indexISBN: 0521444721 (hardback)LON: 10419843
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Film genre 2000 : new critical essays / edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon Albany: State University of New York Press, c2000.
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Film genre reader II / edited by Barry Keith Grant Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.
Call No: 64GEN FILAuthor: Grant, Barry Keith, 1947 Edition: 1st edPlace: AustinPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: viii, 581 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: GENRES ; WESTERNS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; FILM NOIR ; DISASTER FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; COMEDIES ; TRANSVESTISM ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; VIETNAM WAR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; BLACKS IN FILMS ; CANADA ; AUTEUR THEORY ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEMIOLOGY ; STRUCTURALISM ; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED ; MICHEAUX, OSCAR ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; FORD, JOHN ; PENN, ARTHUR ; SIRK, DOUGLAS ; CAVELL, STANLEY ; CHANDLER, RAYMOND ; FRYE, NORTHROP ; MINNELLI, VINCENTE ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ZOO LA NUIT, UN (CN, Jean-Cluade Lauzon, 1987) ; SOME LIKE IT HOT (US, Billy Wilder, 1959) ; SHADOW OF A DOUBT (US, Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ; BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY, THE (US, Charles Walters, 1949) ; YENTL (US, Barbara Streisand, 1983) ; IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (US, Frank Capra, 1934) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (US, John Ford, 1946) ; STAGECOACH (US, John Ford, 1939) ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; [TWENTY] 20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH (US, Nathan Juran, 1957) ; VICTOR VICTORIA (UK, Blake Edwards, 1982) ; WRITTEN ON THE WIND (US, Douglas Sirk, 1956) ; NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (US, George A. Romero, 1968) ; FLY, THE (US, David Cronenberg, 1986) ; DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN (US, Susan Seidelman, 1985) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-559) and indexISBN: 0292727771 (cloth : alk. paper); 029272778X (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 11563059
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Film in Australia : an introduction / Albert Moran and Errol Vieth Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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Film theory and criticism : introductory readings / [edited by] Gerald Mast, Marshall Cohen New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
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The Final Frontier in Australian Cinematographer (June 2015) iss.66 p.22-30
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Focus on the science fiction film / William Johnson (ed.) Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1972.
Call No: 735.1 JOHSource: USPlace: Englewood Cliffs, NJPublisher: Prentice HallPubDate: 1972PhysDes: 182 p. ; 21 cmSeries: Film FocusSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; MELIES, GEORGES ; SIEGEL, DON ; TIME MACHINE, THE (US, George Pal, 1960) ; FRAU IM MOND, DIE (G, Fritz Lang, 1929) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; DR CYCLOPS (US, Ernest B. Schoedsack,1940) ; DESTINATION MOON (US, Irving Pichel, 1950) ; WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE (US, Rudolph Maté, 1951) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) ; TIME MACHINE, THE (US, George Pal, 1960) ; FAHRENHEIT 451 (UK, Francois Truffaut, 1966) ; 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ISBN: 0137951612Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Future tense : the cinema of science fiction / [by] John Brosnan London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1978.
Call No: 735.1 BROAuthor: Brosnan, John Place: LondonPublisher: Macdonald and Jane'sPubDate: 1978PhysDes: 320p : ill, ports ; 24cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: List of films: p.291-304. - IndexISBN: 035404222XLON: 2610930 2610930
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Genre and Hollywood / Steve Neale London: Routledge, 2000.
Call No: 64GEN NEAAuthor: Neale, Steve Place: LondonPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2000PhysDes: viii, 336 p. ; 25 cmSubject: GENRES ; FILM NOIR ; MELODRAMA ; ACTION FILMS ; ADVENTURE FILMS ; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS ; COMEDIES ; CRIME FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; EPIC FILMS ; FORMALISM ; FRONTIERS IN FILMS ; GANGSTER FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; HORROR FILMS ; MUSICALS ; USA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; STUDIO SYSTEM ; THRILLERS ; WAR FILMS ; WESTERNS ; WOMEN, FILMS FOR ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS ; YOUNG PEOPLE, FILMS FOR ; TODOROV, TZVETAN ; ALTMAN, ROBERT ; BASINGER, JEANINE ; DOHERTY, THOMAS ; SCHATZ, THOMAS Summary: "Steve Neale provides a comprehensive introduction to genre and Hollywood cinema. He discusses all the major concepts, theories and accounts of Hollywood and genre, an the key genres which theorists and critics have tended to write about - from musicals to horror films, from action-adventure to the western. He also offers detailed revisionist accounts of melodrama and 'film noir', and puts forward new arguments about the place and importance of genre in understanding Hollywood cinema." -- Taken from back cover.Notes: Includes bibliography and indexISBN: 0415026059 : No price; 0415026067(pbk.)LON: 21413450
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Great Hollywood movies / Ted Sennett New York: Abradale Press/H.N. Abrams, 1986.
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Horror and science fiction films : a checklist / by Donald C. Willis Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
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Identifying Hollywood's audiences : cultural identity and the movies / edited by Melvyn Stokes and Richard Maltby London: British Film Institute, 1999.
Call No: 410(73) IDEAuthor: Maltby, Richard, 1952 ; Stokes, Melvyn Place: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 1999PhysDes: 209 p. ; 24 cmSubject: AUDIENCES ; AUDIENCE RESEARCH. USA ; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA ; FAMILY, FILMS FOR ; VIOLENCE IN FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; RKO ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; JUDGE DREDD (US, Danny Cannon, 1995) ; MAYTIME (US, Robert Z. Leonard, 1937) ; PRETTY WOMAN (US, Garry Marshall, 1990) ISBN: 0851707386; 0851707394(pbk.)LON: 20062600 21256904
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An illustrated history of horror and science-fiction films : the classic era 1895-1967 / by Carlos Clarens ; new introduction by J. Hoberman. New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 1997.
Call No: 735 CLAAuthor: Clarens, Carlos Edition: First Da Capo Press editionSource: USPlace: New York, NYPublisher: Da Capo PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: xxi, 256 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; HORROR FILM ; KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) ; LEWTON ,VAL ; FRANKENSTEIN (US, James Whale, 1931) ; BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE (US, James Whale, 1935) ; DRACULA (US, Tod Browning, 1931) Summary: "In this book Carlos Clarens, author of Crime Movies (also available from Da Capo Press), George Cukor, and many articles in film magazines, brings his encyclopedic knowledge of films and filmmakers to the subject of horror and science-fiction films of the classic era. Whether discussing the erotic aspects of King Kong, examining the works of Val Lewton, contrasting the director's attitude toward the monster in Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, accounting for the special genius of Lon Chaney, or comparing the various versions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Clarens entertains as he enlightens. Supplemented with a new introduction by J. Hoberman, Village Voice film critic and coauthor of Midnight Movies (also available from Da Capo Press), and an extensive filmography listing complete credits for over 300 films, this fascinating study illuminates both the genre and the reasons for its popularity." -- taken from back coverNotes: Originally published: An illustrated history of the horror film. New York : Putnam, 1967. -- Includes index.ISBN: 0306808005Contents: 1. The Wizard of Montreuil: Paris, 1895-1913 -- 2. Doubles, Demons, and the Devil Himself: Germany 1913-1932 -- 3. A Silent Conspiracy of Terror: America, 1900-1928 -- 4. Children of the Night: Hollywood, 1928-1947 -- 5. The Dead Next Door -- 6. Horror, The Soul of the Plot -- 7. "Keep Watching the Sky!" -- 8. Horror Around the World -- 9. No End Title -- App. Cast and Credits of Relevant Films Mentioned in the Text.
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Investigating Farscape : uncharted territories of sex and science fiction / by Jes Battis London ; New York: I.B Taurus, 2007.
Call No: 79FAR BATAuthor: Battis, Jes Source: US/UKPlace: London ; New YorkPublisher: I.B TaurusPubDate: 2007PhysDes: 248 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSeries: Invstigating Cult TVSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; SPACE TRAVEL IN FILMS ; FARSCAPE [TV] (US, 2000-) Summary: " During its fourth and final season - for the present - Farscape was the Science Fiction Channel's highest rating original series, and with its dedicated fan-base, Farscape seasons are still top-billing Science Fiction DVDs. Jes Battis offers the first critical reading of Farscape's imaginative worlds and its characters, from Crichton, D'Argo, Zhaan, Rygel, Chiana and Scorpius, to Pilot and Moya herself. He prposes that Farscape is as much about bodies, sex and gender as it is about wormholes, space ships, and interstellar warfare. It is this straddling of of genres that makes the show so viewable to such a broad audience, of which almost half are women. Taking in a diverse spectrum of social issues within SF, including racism, imperialism and inter-species ex, he asks what does it mean to be 'human' or 'alien' within the uncharted territories of Farscape's universe? Who are the anthropologists and who are the extraterrestrials? How does John Crichton, a 'lost' astronaut, discover a new home aboard Moya, and what seperates Crichton from his SF predecessors?
This exciting and original book features a detailed Lexicon of Farscape's alien languages. It reveals how the show both parodies and surpasses other SF shows like Star Trek and Babylon 5 and why TV Guide calls it 'one of the sexiest and most irreveerant sci-fi shows on television" -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-243) and indexISBN: 9781845113421Contents: -- list of illustrations -- acknowledgments -- Introduction : nightmares and wonders : a critical introduction to Farscape -- 1. Prisoners and friends : the people of Farscape -- 2. Moya : births, biomechanoids, and companion species -- 3. Alien masculinities, alienated desires : Crichton, D'Argo, and Scorpius -- 4. Tralks, teachers and soldiers : Farscape and the uncharted territories of the feminine -- 5. 'Point it like a gun and shoot' : bodies and biological narratives -- 6. Frell me dead, you're totally Fahrbot : language-power and language-play in Farscape -- 7. One nation under Moya : alienation and imperialism in Farscape -- Farscape lexicon -- Farscape Lexicon -- notes -- bibliography -- index --
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It's a crazy ride but just go with it in Sunday Telegraph [Insider] (24/05/15) p.120
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Keep watching the skies! : American science fiction movies of the fifties / by Bill Warren ; research associate, Bill Thomas Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1982-1986.
Call No: 735.1 WARCopy Management: Vol. 1; Vol. 2Author: Warren, Bill, 1943 Place: Jefferson, N.C.Publisher: McFarlandPubDate: 1982-1986PhysDes: 2 v. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: Includes indexes; Bibliography: v. 2, p. 725-728ISBN: 0899501915 (set : alk. paper); 0899500323 (v. 1); 0899501702 (v. 2)LON: 2139124 2139124
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Lost highways : an illustrated history of road movies / edited by Jack Sargeant and Stephanie Watson London: Creation, 1999.
Call No: 754.11 SARAuthor: Sargeant, Jack ; Watson, Stephanie Place: LondonPublisher: CreationPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSeries: Creation cinema collection ; 15Subject: ROAD MOVIES ; WESTERNS ; MOTORCYCLE FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; VAMPIRE FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; Wenders, Wim ; LYNCH, DAVID ; ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT, THE (AT, Stephan Elliott, 1994) ; AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES (GW, Werner Herzog, 1972) ; ALICE IN DEN STADTEN (GW, Wim Wenders, 1973) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BACKROADS (AT, Philip Noyce, 1977) ; BADLANDS (US, Terrence Malick, 1973) ; BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; BUTTERFLY KISS (UK, Michael Winterbottom, 1995) ; CARS THAT ATE PARIS, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1974) ; CRASH (CN, David Cronenberg, 1996) ; DELIVERANCE (US, John Boorman, 1972) ; EASY RIDER (US, Dennis Hopper, 1969) ; EL TOPO (MX, Alexando Jodorowsky, 1971) ; FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (US, Robert Rodriquez, 1996) ; GALLIVANT (UK, Andrew Kotting, 1996) ; GUN CRAZY (US, Joseph H. Lewis, 1949) ; I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE (US, Howard Hawks, 1949) ; KALIFORNIA (US, Dominic Sena, 1993) ; IM LAUF DER ZEIT (GW, Wim Wenders, 1976) ; KISS OR KILL (AT, Bill Bennett, 1997) ; HEAVEN'S BURNING (AT, Craig Lahiff, 1997) ; JETEE, LA (FR, Chris Marker, 1963) ; LOST HIGHWAY (US, David Lynch, 1996) ; MAD MAX [...] (AT, 1979-85) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (US, Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943) ; NATURAL BORN KILLERS (US, Oliver Stone, 1994) ; NEAR DARK (US, Kathryn Bigelow, 1987) ; NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (US, Charles Laughton, 1955) ; F.J. HOLDEN, THE (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1977) ; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) ; THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (US, Nicholas Ray, 1949) ; TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (US, Beeban Kidron, 1995) ; TRUE ROMANCE (US, Tony Scott, 1993) ; TWO LANE BLACKTOP (US, Monte Hellman, 1971) ; JOHN CARPENTER'S VAMPIRES (US, John Carpenter, 1998) ; VANISHING POINT (UK, Richard C. Sarafian, 1971) ; WALKABOUT (UK, Nicolas Roeg, 1971) ; WEEK-END (FR/IT, Jean-Luc Godard, 1968) ; WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990) ; WILD BUNCH, THE (US, Sam Peckinpah, 1969) ; HIMMEL UBER BERLIN, DER (GW/FR, Wim Wenders, 1987) ; WIZARD OF OZ, THE (US, Victor Fleming, 1939) ISBN: 1871592682(pbk.) : ª14.95LON: 20894332
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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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Movie magic : the story of special effects in cinema / John Brosnan London: Abacus, 1977.
Call No: 236 BROAuthor: Brosnan, John Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: AbacusPubDate: 1977PhysDes: 207 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSubject: SPECIAL EFFECTS ; HORROR FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; FANTASTIC FILMS ; DISASTER FILMS ; MODEL WORK ; MONSTERS IN FILMS ; WAR FILMS ; ANIMATION ; MONSTER DESIGN ; MINIATURE WORK ; OPTICAL EFFECTS ; MATTES ; FRONT PROJECTION ; CINEMATOGRAPHY ; HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHY ; MAKE-UP ; SPLIT SCREEN ; STOP-MOTION TECHNIQUE ; STUNTS ; CAMERAS ; TRAVELLING MATTE ; EXPLOSIONS IN FILMS ; HARRYHAUSEN, RAY ; PAL, GEORGE ; 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) ; KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) ; POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE (US, Ronald Neame, 1972) Notes: first published in Great Britain by Macdonald and Jane's 1974; Includes: Appendix with Academy Awards winners and nominees for Engineering Effects/Special Effects from 1927-8 to 1975-6; References; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Film Titles; Index of Subjects and TechniquesISBN: 0349103682Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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Omni's screen flights/ screen fantasies : the future according to science fiction cinema / ed. by Danny Pearly; introduction by Harlan Ellison Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1984.
Call No: 735 OMNEdition: 1st ed.Source: USPlace: Garden City, N. Y.Publisher: DoubledayPubDate: 1984PhysDes: 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; FANTASTIC FILMS Summary: A collection of essays and interviews about a wide range of science fiction and fantastic filmsISBN: 0385192029Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006
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A pictorial history of science fiction films / David Shipman London: Wattle Books, 1985.
Call No: 735.1 SHIAuthor: Shipman, David Place: LondonPublisher: Wattle BooksPubDate: 1985PhysDes: 172 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: First published 1985 by Hamlyn Publishing; Includes indexISBN: 0600500101LON: 13933441
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Predestination in Australian Cinematographer (Sept 2014) iss.63 p.10-25
Author: Marks, Dick PhysDes: ArticleSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; SPIERIG, MICHAEL ; SPIERIG, PETER ; NOTT, BEN ; PREDESTINATION (AT, Michael & Peter Spierig, 2014) Summary: Director of Photography, Ben Nott discusses working with the young, Australian directors, the Spierig brothers on their science-fiction film, Predestination
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Red planet's Robinson Crusoe in Sydney Morning Herald [Spectrum] (3/10/2015) p.15
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Reference guide to fantastic films : science fiction, fantasy and horror / Compiled by Walt Lee, assisted by Bill Warren Los Angeles CA: Chelsea-Lee Books, 1972.
Call No: 735 LEEAuthor: Lee, Walt ; Warren, Bill Edition: Second printingSource: USPlace: Los Angeles CAPublisher: Chelsea-Lee BooksPubDate: 1972PhysDes: 154,24,12 p. : illus. ; 28 cm; 202,28,12 p. : illus. ; 28 cm; 204,30,14,14 p. : illus. ; 28 cmSubject: FILMOGRAPHIES ; FANTASY FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Summary: Volume 1: A-F; Volume 2: G-O; Volume 3: P-ZNotes: Includes references to other sources of information including Monthly Film Bulletin.; Afterword by Forrest J. AckermanISBN: 0913974048
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Replications : a robotic history of the science fiction film / J.P. Telotte Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995.
Call No: 735.14 TELAuthor: Telotte, J. P., 1949 Place: UrbanaPublisher: University of Illinois PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: 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 indexISBN: 0252021770 (cloth : acidb-sfree paper); 0252064666 (paper)LON: 95006586; 11513238
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The saga of special effects / Ron Fry and Pamela Fourzon London: Robert Hale & Company, 1978.
Call No: 236 FRYAuthor: Fry, Ron ; Fourzon, Pamela Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Robert Hale & CompanyPubDate: 1978PhysDes: 212 p. ; 29 cmSubject: 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) ; 20, 000 [TWENTY THOUSAND] LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (US, Richard Fleischer, 1954) ISBN: 0709170738Contents: 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
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Science fiction : the complete film reference / edited by Phil Hardy London: Aurum Press, 1984.
Call No: 735.1 SCI; FOLIOAuthor: Hardy, Phil ; Gifford, Denis ; Masters, Anthony ; Taylor, Paul ; Willemen, Paul Place: LondonPublisher: Aurum PressPubDate: 1984PhysDes: xv, 400 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cmSeries: Aurum film encyclopedia ; v. 2Subject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: Col. ill. on lining papers.
Includes index.
Cover subtitle: The complete film reference.
Bibliography: p. 395ISBN: 090605382XContents: Foreword
Preface
The Science Fiction Film in Perspective
The Early Years: Innocent Beginnings
The Twenties: Dark Visions and Brash Adventure
The Thirities: Mad Scientists and Comic Book Heroes
The Forties: Science Fiction Eclipsed
The Fifties: Science Fiction Reborn
The Sixties: Science Fiction Becomes Respectable
The Seventies: Big Budgets and Big Bucks
The Eighties: Science Fiction Triumphant
All-Time Science Fiction Rental Champs
Most Successful Science Fiction Films: Inflation Adjusted
Critics' Top Tens
Science Fiction Oscars
The Trieste Festival of Science Fiction Films
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The science fiction and fantasy film handbook / Alan Frank London: Batsford, 1982.
Call No: 735.1 FRAAuthor: Frank, Alan, 1937 Place: LondonPublisher: BatsfordPubDate: 1982PhysDes: 187 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cmSubject: FANTASTIC FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: Cinema films: Science fiction films. - Encyclopaedias (BNB/PRECIS); Includes lists of films and indexISBN: 0713427264 : ª9.95LON: 2603018
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Science-fiction and horror movie posters in full color / edited by Alan Adler New York London: Dover Publications [etc.] Constable, 1977.
Call No: 915 SCI; FOLIOAuthor: Adler, Alan Place: New York LondonPublisher: Dover Publications [etc.] ConstablePubDate: 1977PhysDes: viii,40p : chiefly col ill ; 37cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; POSTERS Notes: Col. ill. on inside coversISBN: 0486234525 (Pbk)LON: isb48623452; 1082406
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Science fiction film [London] [New York]: Studio Vista Dutton Pictureback, [1971].
Call No: 735.1 GIFAuthor: Gifford, Denis Place: [London] [New York]Publisher: Studio Vista Dutton PicturebackPubDate: [1971]PhysDes: 160 p. illus. 19 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ISBN: 0289108022LON: 42206 42206
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The Science fiction film source book / edited by David Wingrove, foreword by Brian W. Aldiss Harlow, Essex: Longman, 1985.
Call No: 735.1 SCIAuthor: Wingrove, David (ed.) ; Aldiss, Brian. W. (foreword) Source: UKPlace: Harlow, EssexPublisher: LongmanPubDate: 1985PhysDes: v, 312 p. : ill. ; 21 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; FILMOGRAPHIES Summary: "The most comprehensive guide to SF movies yet. Critical appraisal, plot outline, cast and production details for more than 1350 SF movies. Profiles of more than 270 " Creators of SF on screen". The history of science fiction on screen. The special effects story. The SF serials. SF novels into film, listed by author. All-time rentals figures." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Bibliography: p. 312ISBN: 0582893100Contents: -- foreword: Brian W. Aldiss -- contributors -- introduction: picturing the impossible -- the science fiction cinema: a brief history: David Wingrove -- chronology of important films -- science fiction films a-z -- the SF serials 1913-1956 -- creators of SF on screen -- the literary sources: books into film -- special effects in science fiction cinema: John Brosnan -- glossary of special effects terms -- all-time rental figures for SF films -- select bibliography --
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Science fiction films of the seventies / by Craig W. Anderson Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1985.
Call No: 735.1 ANDAuthor: Anderson, Craig W Place: Jefferson, N.C.Publisher: McFarlandPubDate: c1985PhysDes: ix, 261 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: Includes filmographic citations; Includes indexISBN: 0899500862 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $15.95LON: 3762767
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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 FILLMS ; 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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Science fiction/horror : a sight and sound reader / Edited by Kim Newman London: British Film Institute, 2002.
Call No: 735.1/2 SCIAuthor: Newman, Kim (ed.) Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: British Film InstitutePubDate: 2002PhysDes: x, 325 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Sight and sound readerSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; HORROR FILMS Notes: Collection of essays previously published by Sight and Sound
Includes filmographies, bibliographical references, and index.ISBN: 0851708978
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Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy : film and television credits supplement 2: through 1993 / Harris M. Lenzt, III North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., 1994.
Call No: 735 LENAuthor: Lentz, Harris M., III Source: USPlace: North CarolinaPublisher: McFarland & Company Inc.PubDate: 1994PhysDes: 854 p. ; 24 cmSeries: Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television CreditsSubject: HORROR FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; FANTASY FILMS ; CREDIT TITLES Notes: Supplement to: Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits. 1983; 1987; Includes bibliographical referencesISBN: 0899509274Contents: -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I. Actors and Actresses -- Section II. Directors, Producers, Screenwriters, Cinematographers, Special Effects Technicians, Make-Up Artists, Art Directors, and Others -- Section III. Film Index -- Section IV. Television Index -- Bibliography --
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Science fiction in the cinema New York: A. S. Barnes, [1970].
Call No: 735.1 BAXAuthor: Baxter, John Place: New YorkPublisher: A. S. BarnesPubDate: [1970]PhysDes: 240 p. illus. 16 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: Bibliography: p. 210-240ISBN: 049807416XLON: 33887
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Science fiction movies / Phillip Strick London: Octopus Books, 1976.
Call No: 735.1 STRAuthor: Strick, Phillip Edition: 1stPlace: LondonPublisher: Octopus BooksPubDate: 1976PhysDes: 160 p. : ill. ; 29 cmSeries: Movie treasurySubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Summary: "A wide-ranging account of science fiction in the cinema with detailed discussion of many of the films mentioned. All the popular, and disturbing, themes are created, from films about alien visitors, space flight and scientists on the rampage to films about politcal pressure and experiments with time perspective. The highly informative text includes an unusually wide and interesting range of films from the early classics like 'Homunculus', 'Metropolis'. 'War of the worlds' to more contemporary films like '2001', 'The War Game', 'Clockwork Orange'." -- BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes index of film titlesISBN: 070640470XContents: Watching the skies -- Men like gods -- The mark of the beast -- Armageddon, and later -- Out of our minds -- Taking off -- Far out -- Time Twisters
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Science fiction, studies in film / Frederik Pohl & Frederik Pohl, IV New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, c1981.
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Screening Science : contexts, texts and science in fifties science fiction film / Errol Vieth London: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2001.
Call No: 735.1 VIEAuthor: Veith, Errol Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Scarecrow Press, Inc.PubDate: 2001PhysDes: 263 p. : ill. ; 22 cmSubject: SCIENCE IN FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SPECIAL EFFECTS ; DRIVE-IN CINEMAS ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Don Siegel, 1956) ; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (US, Philip Kaufman, 1978) ; INVADERS FROM MARS (US, Tobe Hooper, 1986) ; THING, THE (US, Christian Nyby, 1951) ; THING, THE (US, John Carpenter, 1982) Summary: Inspects science fiction film, the way in which films construct that science, the end result of that construction, and the totality of the discourses of power and influence.Notes: Includes tables
Includes epilogue
Includes bibliography
Includes index
Incudes About the AuthorISBN: 0810840235
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Technoscience in contemporary film : Beyond science fiction / Wood, Aylish Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002.
Call No: 735 WOOAuthor: Aylish Wood Source: UKPlace: New York; ManchesterPublisher: Manchester University PressPubDate: 2002PhysDes: 200 p ; 21 cmSeries: Inside Popular FilmSubject: TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; SCIENCE IN FILMS ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Summary: Technoscience in contemporary film is an innovative analysis of images of science and technology from popular films of the 1980s and 1990s. It argues that films as diverse as the science fiction film Jurassic Park, the melodrama Lorenzo's Oil and the Gremlin comic fantasies contribute to popular understandings of science and technology.[Taken from back cover]ISBN: 0719057736
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"The House Where Evil Dwells" wins sciene fict. award in Australasian Cinema (2/4/1982) vol.11 iss.5 p.2
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Them or us : archetypal interpretations of fifties alien invasion films / Patrick Lucanio Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1987.
Call No: 735 LUCAuthor: Lucanio, Patrick Joseph, 1949 Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: c1987PhysDes: x, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 144-147; Filmography: p. 148-188ISBN: 025335871X; 0253204356 (A Midland book : pbk.)LON: 5018994
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They Live / written by Jonathan Lethem, edited by Sean Howe Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
Call No: 79THE LETAuthor: Howe, Sean (ed.) ; Lethem, Jonathon Source: USPlace: Berkeley, CAPublisher: Soft Skull Press : Distributed by Publishers Group WestPubDate: c2010PhysDes: 163 p. : ill. ; 17 cmSeries: Deep Focus (Soft Skull Press)Subject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; HORROR FILMS ; CULT FILMS ; THEY LIVE (US, John Carpenter, 1988) Summary: "With They Live, Jonathon Lethem takes a close look at John Carpenter's 1988 classic amalgam of deliberate B-movie, sci-fi, horror, anti-yuppie agitprop. Lethem exfoliates Carpenter's paranoid satire in a series of penetrating, free-associational forays into the context of a story that peels the human masks off the ghoulish overlords of capitalism. His reel of reference spans classic Hollwood cinema and science fiction, as well as popular music and contemporary art and theory. Taking into consideration the work of Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, James Brown, Frederic Jameson, Shepard Fairy, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Hitchcock, and Edgar Allen Poe, not to mention the role of wrestlers- including They Live star "Rowdy" Roddy piper - in contemporary culture, Lethem's They Live provides a wholly original perspective on Carpenter's subversive classic" --BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIPISBN: 9781593762780
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The True fiction of Sally Marshall in Australian Screen Education (1999) iss.20/21 p.66-71
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The X-men films : a cultural analysis / edited by Claudia Bucciferro Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, c2016.
Call No: 79(04)XME XMEAuthor: Bucciferro, Claudia Source: USPlace: Lanham, MarylandPublisher: Rowman & LittlefieldPubDate: c2016PhysDes: 241 pages ; 24 cmSubject: THEORY ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; UTOPIA IN FILMS ; FANTASY FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; X-MEN (US, Bryan Singer, 2000) ; X-MEN 2 (US, Bryan Singer, 2003)
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X2 ; X2 (US, Bryan Singer, 2003) ; X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (US, Brett Ratner, 2006) ; X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE (US/NZ/AT, Gavin Hood, 2009) ; X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (US, Matthew Vaughn, 2011) ; X-MEN : DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (US/ UK, Bryan Singer, 2014) Summary: " In The X-Men Films: A Cultural Analysis, Claudia Bucciferro has assembled a collection of essays that draw from work in communication, cultural studies, and media studies. With contributions from a diverse group of scholars, the chapters analyze issues that include gender, sexuality, disability, class, and race. The contributors pose intriguing questions about the franchise, such as: What do “mutants” really represent? What role do women and people of color play in the narratives? Why does it matter that Professor X is disabled? Why is Mystique often shown naked? What facilitated Wolverine’s rise to prominence? And how do topics regarding identity, trauma, and bioethics, figure in the stories? Exploring issues relevant for a multicultural world and connecting thematic elements from the films to political debates and social struggles, the book seeks to make a thoughtful contribution to the scholarship of popular culture. The X-Men Films will appeal to media scholars and students, as well as to anyone interested in the X-Men series." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9781442265332Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction / Claudia Bucciferro -- part I Utopian and Immersive Experiences -- 1: Mutopia: American Utopianism and the Mutant Superhero / Matt Yockey -- 2: The Immersive Marketing Campaign for X-Men: Days of Future Past / Nicolo Gallio -- part: II Agency and Authority -- 3: Superhuman Authority: Fascism and Bioethics in the X-Men Films / Evan Hayles Gledhill -- 4: Magneto's Dilemma: The Technological Limitations of Mutant Transhumanism / Ron Von Burg and D. Stokes Piercy -- 5: PTXD: Gendered Narratives of Combat, Trauma, and the Civil-Military Divide / Christina M Knopf and Christine M Doran -- part III Women and Power -- 6: Containing the X-Women: De-powering and De-queering Female Characters / Carolyn Cocca -- 7: Shape-Shifting Identity: Mystique's Embodied Agency / Jason Zingsheim -- 8: The "Stolen" Superpowers of Marvel's Rogue / Julie Davis and Robert Westerfelhaus -- 9: The Curious Case of "Dr" Jean Grey, Mystique, and Mariko / Barbara Cook Overton, Athena du Pre, Loretta L Pecchioni and John H Overton -- part IV Masculinity and Race -- 10: Wolverine in Transition: Shifting Portrayals of Masculinity and Identity / Nathan Miczo -- 11: Techno-Orientalist Villains and White Masculinity in the Wolverine Movies / David C Oh -- 12: Reframing Disabled Masculinity: Xavier as Marvel's Supercrip / Jessica Benham -- 13: Mutating Minorities: White Racial Framing and Group Positioning / Jason Smith -- part V Passing and Otherness -- 14: Passing While Homo Superior / Kat Overland -- 15: Mutancy, Otherness, and Empathy in the X-Men / Claudia Bucciferro -- epilogue / Jason Zingsheim and Claudia Bucciferro -- index -- about the editor and contributors --
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