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"Brilliantly contextualised, superbly illustrated, D. Harlan Wilson's immensely rich analysis of
Minority Report takes us on an impressionable journey through the film's watery allusions, controlling visions, tactile surfaces, and broken horizons. The film screams newly into view in Wilson's haptic, gloved hands." -- Sean Redmond, author of
Liquid Space: Science Fiction Film and Television in the Digital Age "In this erudite and theoretically sophisticated analysis, D. Harlan Wilson contextualizes
Minority Report in the history of science fiction and communications technology with an engaging, precise, at times poetical style and a sensitivity to cultural and political dimensions that draws on established as well as up-to-date scholarship. Integrating a range of approaches and clearly set-out arguments, Wilson demonstrates a convincing case for the complexity of what he calls Spielberg's 'intellectual blockbuster.'" -- NIGEL MORRIS, author of
The Cinema of Spielberg: Empire of Light"Everything that there is to know about one of Spielberg's more underrated films can be found in D. Harlan Wilson's comprehensive work on
Minority Report. The highly detailed examination and analysis of literally all aspects of the film--ranging from scripting, design, style, themes, context, influences and much more--makes you appreciate the remarkable detail and skill that was assembled and utilized for the film." -- JAMES MAIRATA, author of
Steven Spielberg's Style by Stealth
About the author
D. Harlan Wilson is Professor of English at Wright State University- Lake Campus. He is the author of over 30 works of fiction and nonfiction as well as hundreds of stories, essays, plays, and reviews in magazines, journals, and anthologies, including Technologized Desire: Selfhood and the Body in Postcapitalist Science Fiction (2009), They Live (Cultographies series, 2015) and J.G. Ballard (Modern Masters of Science Fiction, 2017), which was a finalist for the 2018 Locus Award in the Best Nonfiction Category.
