British Science Fiction Film And Television
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British Science Fiction Cinema
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Author : I.Q. Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-01-04
British Science Fiction Cinema written by I.Q. Hunter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-04 with Social Science categories.
British Science Fiction Cinema is the first substantial study of a genre which, despite a sometimes troubled history, has produced some of the best British films, from the prewar classic Things to Come to Alien made in Britain by a British director. The contributors to this rich and provocative collection explore the diverse strangeness of British science fiction, from literary adaptions like Nineteen Eighty-Four and A Clockwork Orange to pulp fantasies and 'creature features' far removed from the acceptable face of British cinema. Through case studies of key films like The Day the Earth Caught Fire, contributors explore the unique themes and concerns of British science fiction, from the postwar boom years to more recent productions like Hardware, and examine how science fiction cinema drew on a variety of sources, from TV adaptions like Doctor Who and the Daleks, to the horror/sf crossovers produced from John Wyndham's cult novels The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos (filmed as Village of the Damned). How did budget restrictions encourage the use of the 'invasion narrative' in the 1950s films? And how did films such as Unearthly Stranger and Invasion reflect fears about the decline of Britain's economic and colonial power and the 'threat' of female sexuality? British Science Fiction Cinema celebrates the breadth and continuing vitality of British sf film-making, in both big-budget productions such as Brazil and Event Horizon and cult exploitation movies like Inseminoid and Lifeforce.
British Science Fiction Film And Television
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Author : Tobias Hochscherf
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
British Science Fiction Film And Television written by Tobias Hochscherf and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-10 with Performing Arts categories.
Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, these essays examine the uniquely British contribution to science fiction film and television. Viewing British SF as a cultural phenomenon that challenges straightforward definitions of genre, nationhood, authorship and media, the editors provide a conceptual introduction placing the essays within their critical context. Essay topics include Hammer science fiction films, the various incarnations of Doctor Who, Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, and such 21st-century productions as 28 Days Later and Torchwood.
Science Fiction Cinema And 1950s Britain
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Author : Matthew Jones
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Science Fiction Cinema And 1950s Britain written by Matthew Jones and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with Performing Arts categories.
For the last sixty years discussion of 1950s science fiction cinema has been dominated by claims that the genre reflected US paranoia about Soviet brainwashing and the nuclear bomb. However, classic films, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and It Came from Outer Space (1953), and less familiar productions, such as It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958), were regularly exported to countries across the world. The histories of their encounters with foreign audiences have not yet been told. Science Fiction Cinema and 1950s Britain begins this task by recounting the story of 1950s British cinema-goers and the aliens and monsters they watched on the silver screen. Drawing on extensive archival research, Matthew Jones makes an exciting and important intervention by locating American science fiction films alongside their domestic counterparts in their British contexts of release and reception. He offers a radical reassessment of the genre, demonstrating for the first time that in Britain, which was a significant market for and producer of science fiction, these films gave voice to different fears than they did in America. While Americans experienced an economic boom, low immigration and the conferring of statehood on Alaska and Hawaii, Britons worried about economic uncertainty, mass immigration and the dissolution of the Empire. Science Fiction Cinema and 1950s Britain uses these and other differences between the British and American experiences of the 1950s to tell a new history of the decade's science fiction cinema, exploring for the first time the ways in which the genre came to mean something unique to Britons.
The British Film Institute Companion To Science Fiction
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Author : Philip Strick
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 2000-01
The British Film Institute Companion To Science Fiction written by Philip Strick and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Offers an A-Z of the genre of science fiction, from its literary roots through the entire century of its development in cinema and television. Over 3000 fables, fantasies and scenarios of planetary crisis are reassessed. The volume brings together a catalogue of the amazing, the amusing and the visionary and suggests some interpretations of both the genre's history and of its recent trends on film and on television.
American Science Fiction Film And Television
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Author : Lincoln Geraghty
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 2009-12-15
American Science Fiction Film And Television written by Lincoln Geraghty and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-15 with Performing Arts categories.
American Science Fiction Film and Television presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Science fiction film and television were initially inspired by the classic literature of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne. The potential and fears born with the Atomic age fuelled the popularity of the genre, upping the stakes for both technology and apocalypse. From the Cold War through to America's current War on Terror, science fiction has proved a subtle vehicle for the hopes, fears and preoccupations of a nation at war.The definitive introduction to American science fiction, this book is also the first study to analyze SF across both film and TV. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated with critical case studies of key films and television series, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, and Battlestar Galactica.
The British Film Institute Companion To Science Fiction
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Author : Philip Strick
language : en
Publisher: Cassell
Release Date : 2004-07-01
The British Film Institute Companion To Science Fiction written by Philip Strick and has been published by Cassell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-01 with Performing Arts categories.
Offers an A-Z of the genre of science fiction, from its literary roots through the entire century of its development in cinema and television. Over 3000 fables, fantasies and scenarios of planetary crisis are reassessed. The volume brings together a catalogue of the amazing, the amusing and the visionary and suggests some interpretations of both the genre's history and of its recent trends on film and on television.
American Science Fiction Film And Television
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Author : Lincoln Geraghty
language : en
Publisher: Berg
Release Date : 2009-10-01
American Science Fiction Film And Television written by Lincoln Geraghty and has been published by Berg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Performing Arts categories.
American Science Fiction Film and Television presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre. Science fiction film and television were initially inspired by the classic literature of HG Wells and Jules Verne. The potential and fears born with the Atomic age fuelled the popularity of the genre, upping the stakes for both technology and apocalypse. From the Cold War through to America's current War on Terror, science fiction has proved a subtle vehicle for the hopes, fears and preoccupations of a nation at war. The definitive introduction to American science fiction, this is also the first study to analyse SF across both film and TV. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated with critical case studies of key films and television series, including The Day the Earth Stood Still, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The X-Files, and Battlestar Galactica.
Gender And The Quest In British Science Fiction Television
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Author : Tom Powers
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-10-14
Gender And The Quest In British Science Fiction Television written by Tom Powers and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-14 with Performing Arts categories.
The subjects of this book constitute a significant cross section of BBC science fiction television. With such characters as the Doctor (an enigmatic time-traveling alien), Kerr Avon (a problematic rebel leader), Dave Lister (a slovenly last surviving human) and Captain Jack Harkness (a complex omnisexual immortal), these shows have both challenged and reinforced viewer expectations about the small-screen masculine hero. This book explores the construction of gendered heroic identity in the series from both production and fan perspectives. The paradoxical relationships between the producers, writers and fans of the four series are discussed. Fan fiction, criticism and videos are examined that both celebrate and criticize BBC science fiction heroes and villains.
British Science Fiction Television
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Author : Peter Wright
language : en
Publisher:
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British Science Fiction Television written by Peter Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Science fiction television programs categories.
"From "Doctor Who" to "Red Dwarf", "Thunderbirds" to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", British science fiction shows have delighted audiences worldwide with their distinctive visions of the future. This pioneering book, written by leading writers in the field, gives for the first time a detailed national survey of this well-loved British TV genre. It provides in-depth analyses of these shows, as well as others including "Blake's 7", "The Prisoner and Threads", showing too their value in illuminating wider aspects of our recent social and cultural history. It also features a contribution by the biographer of the late Douglas Adams, author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", as well as an exclusive published interview with "Thunderbirds" creator Gerry Anderson. Designed to appeal to students and fans alike, "British Science Fiction Television" offers a thought-provoking and accessible read for those interested in science fiction, television history and their respective relationships to wider media, culture and society."--
The Liverpool Companion To World Science Fiction Film
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Author : Sonja Fritzsche
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014
The Liverpool Companion To World Science Fiction Film written by Sonja Fritzsche and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Criticism categories.
Series numbering from publisher's website.