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Informationen zum Autor M. Keith Booker is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas, USA. His recent publications include Star Trek: A Cultural History (2018), Tony Soprano’s America: Gangsters, Guns, and Money (2017) co-authored with Isra Daraiseh and Mad Men: A Cultural History (2016) with Bob Batchelor. He received his PhD in English from the University of Florida in 1990.M. KEITH BOOKER is Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. He is the author of numerous articles and books on modern literature and literary theory, including Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (1994), Bakhtin, Stalin, and Modern Russian Fiction: Carnival, Dialogism, and History (1995), The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism (1994), and The Modern British Novel of the Left: A Research Guide (1998), all available from Greenwood Press. Klappentext For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone. On a deeper level, the genre has reflected important themes, concerns and developments in American society, so that a history of science fiction film also serves as a cultural history of America over the past half century.M. Keith Booker has selected fifteen of the most successful and innovative science fiction films of all time, and examined each of them at length-from cultural, technical and cinematic perspectives-to see where they came from and what they meant for the future of cinema and for America at large. From Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Star Wars , from Blade Runner to The Matrix , these landmark films have expressed our fears and dreams, our abilities and our deficiencies. In this deep-seeking investigation, we can all find something of ourselves that we recognize, as well as something that we've never recognized before.The focus on a fairly small number of landmark films allows detailed attention to genuinely original movies, including: Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Robocop, The Abyss, Independence Day , and The Matrix . This book is ideal for general readers interested in science fiction and film. Zusammenfassung For more than 50 years! science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema! and are worthy of study for that reason alone. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Day the Earth Stood Still Forbidden Planet Invasion of the Body Snatchers 2001: A Space Odyssey Planet of the Apes Star Wars Close Encounters of the Third Kind Alien E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Blade Runner The Terminator Robocop The Abyss Independence Day The Matrix Conclusion Notes Index ...
