Retrofitting Blade Runner
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Retrofitting Blade Runner
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Author : Judith Kerman
language : en
Publisher: Popular Press
Release Date : 1991
Retrofitting Blade Runner written by Judith Kerman and has been published by Popular Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book of essays looks at the multitude of texts and influences which converge in Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner, especially the film's relationship to its source novel, Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The film's implications as a thought experiment provide a starting point for important thinking about the moral issues implicit in a hypertechnological society. Yet its importance in the history of science fiction and science fiction film rests equally on it mythically and psychologically resonant creation of compelling characters and an exciting story within a credible science fiction setting. These essays consider political, moral and technological issues raised by the film, as well as literary, filmic, technical and aesthetic questions. Contributors discuss the film's psychological and mythic patterns, important political issues and the roots of the film in Paradise Lost, Frankenstein, detective fiction, and previous science fiction cinema.
Retrofitting Blade Runner
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Author : Judith Kerman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Retrofitting Blade Runner written by Judith Kerman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Blade runner (Motion picture) categories.
Postmodern Theory And Blade Runner
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Author : Matthew Flisfeder
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Postmodern Theory And Blade Runner written by Matthew Flisfeder 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 2017-04-06 with Performing Arts categories.
Matthew Flisfeder introduces readers to key concepts in postmodern theory and demonstrates how it can be used for a critical interpretation and analysis of Blade Runner, arguably 'the greatest science fiction film'. By contextualizing the film within the culture of late 20th and early 21st-century capitalism, Flisfeder provides a valuable guide for both students and scholars interested in learning more about one of the most significant, influential, and controversial concepts in film and cultural studies of the past 40 years. The "Film Theory in Practice" series fills a gaping hole in the world of film theory. By marrying the explanation of film theory with interpretation of a film, the volumes provide discrete examples of how film theory can serve as the basis for textual analysis. Postmodern Theory and Blade Runner offers a concise introduction to Postmodernism in jargon-free language and shows how this theory can be deployed to interpret Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner.
Racial Stigma On The Hollywood Screen From World War Ii To The Present
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Author : Brian Locke
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-11-23
Racial Stigma On The Hollywood Screen From World War Ii To The Present written by Brian Locke and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-23 with Performing Arts categories.
Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen from WWII to the Present charts how the dominant white and black binary of American racial discourse influences Hollywood s representation of the Asian. The Orientalist buddy film draws a scenario in which two buddies, one white and one black, transcend an initial hatred for one another by joining forces against a foreign Asian menace. Alongside an analysis of multiple genres of film, Brian Locke argues that this triangulated rendering of race ameliorates the longstanding historical contradiction between U.S. democratic ideals and white America s persistent domination over blacks.
Blade Runner
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Author : Matt Hills
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2011
Blade Runner written by Matt Hills and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Performing Arts categories.
More than just a box office flop which entered the midnight movie circuit, Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' has gone on to become a cult classic which continues to inspire and influence the latest cinema releases. This book studies the legacy of the film.
Blade Runner 2
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Author : K. W. Jeter
language : en
Publisher: Spectra
Release Date : 2000-10-10
Blade Runner 2 written by K. W. Jeter and has been published by Spectra this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-10 with Fiction categories.
In 1982 the brilliant science fiction movie Blade Runner was released, and a phenomenon was born. Set in the steel-and-microchip jungle of twenty-first century Los Angeles, this masterpiece re-created our vision of the future, telling the story of Rick Deckard, a ‘blade runner’ who tracks down and executes renegade androids. Now, for the millions of fans of the movie, as well as those coming to the saga for the first time, K. W. Jeter’s stylish and sophisticated new novel reenters that seedy, high-tech world and opens a new chapter of thrilling, nonstop, futuristic suspense. This time Deckard himself becomes both hunter and hunted in a race to prove his own humanity by tracking down the most elusive and dangerous android of all . . .
Philosophy And Blade Runner
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Author : Timothy Shanahan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-30
Philosophy And Blade Runner written by Timothy Shanahan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-30 with Philosophy categories.
Philosophy and Blade Runner explores philosophical issues in the film Blade Runner , including human nature, personhood, identity, consciousness, free will, morality, God, death, and the meaning of life. The result is a novel analysis of the greatest science fiction film of all time and a unique contribution to the philosophy of film.
Cybercities
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Author : M. Christine Boyer
language : en
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Release Date : 1996
Cybercities written by M. Christine Boyer and has been published by Princeton Architectural Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Architecture categories.
Noted urban historian M. Christine Boyer turns to the new frontier - cybercities - in this important and compelling new book. Boyer argues that the computer is to contemporary society what the machine was to modernism, and that this new metaphor profoundly affects the way we think, imagine, and ultimately grasp reality. But there is, she believes, an inherent danger here: that as cyberspace pulls us into its electronic grasp, we withdraw from the world. Transferred, plugged in, and down-loaded, reality becomes increasingly immaterial. Frozen to one side of our terminal's screen, Boyer concludes, we risk becoming incapable of action in a real city plagued by crime, hatred, disease, unemployment, and under-education.
The Blade Runner Experience
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Author : Will Brooker
language : en
Publisher: Wallflower Press
Release Date : 2005
The Blade Runner Experience written by Will Brooker and has been published by Wallflower Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Fiction categories.
This text examines Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner' in context of adaptation, both from the original novel but also as graphic novel, computer game and series of books. It also looks at the identities of the characters, particularly with reference to influences and realities.
Remaking The Frankenstein Myth On Film
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Author : Caroline Joan S. Picart
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Remaking The Frankenstein Myth On Film written by Caroline Joan S. Picart and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Social Science categories.
Focusing on films outside the horror genre, this book offers a unique account of the Frankenstein myth's popularity and endurance. Although the Frankenstein narrative has been a staple in horror films, it has also crossed over into other genres, particularly comedy and science fiction, resulting in such films as Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Bladerunner, and the Alien and Terminator film series. In addition to addressing horror's relationship to comedy and science fiction, the book also explores the versatility and power of the Frankenstein narrative as a contemporary myth through which our deepest attitudes concerning gender (masculine versus feminine), race (Same versus Other), and technology (natural versus artificial) are both revealed and concealed. The book not only examines the films themselves, but also explores early drafts of film scripts, scenes that were cut from the final releases, publicity materials, and reviews, in order to consider more fully how and why the Frankenstein myth continues to resonate in the popular imagination.