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Andrew M. Gordon - Empire of Dreams - 9780742555785 - V9780742555785
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Empire of Dreams

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Description for Empire of Dreams Paperback. A look at various science fiction, fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the contemporary filmmakers. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Empire of Dreams is the first definitive look at all of the science fiction (SF), fantasy, and horror films directed by Steven Spielberg, one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the world today. In the 1970s and 1980s, along with George Lucas, Spielberg helped spark the renaissance of American SF and fantasy film, and he has remained highly productive and prominent in these genres ever since. SF, fantasy, and horror films form the bulk of his work for over thirty years; of the twenty-six theatrical features he directed from 1971 to 2005, sixteen are of these genres, a ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742555785
SKU
V9780742555785
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99-15

About Andrew M. Gordon
Andrew M. Gordon is associate professor of English at the University of Florida and director of the Institute for the Psychological Study of the Arts. He is the author of An American Dreamer: A Psychoanalytic Study of the Fiction of Norman Mailer, co-editor (with Peter Rudnytsky) of Psychoanalyses/Feminisms, and co-author (with Hernán Vera) of Screen Saviors: Hollywood Fictions of Whiteness, ... Read more

Reviews for Empire of Dreams
Andrew Gordon has produced an exhaustive investigation of this major part of Spielberg's oeuvre—appreciative but also critical, finding the complexities inside films that superficial critics have dismissed as childish or manipulative. It's very rewarding to mentally rewind and watch them again with Professor Gordon's insights playing along.
Joe Haldeman, author, The Forever War, Camouflage, and The Accidental Time Machine ... Read more

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