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Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science Fiction Cinema
Kuhn, Rick. Ed(S): Kuhn, Annette
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Description for Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science Fiction Cinema
paperback. A consideration of the ways in which contemporary science fiction cinema transforms the themes and conventions of the film genre itself. Editor(s): Kuhn, Annette. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Science fiction, more than any other film genre, allows cinema to exhibit its own distinctive matters of expression. Whether these be the state-of-the-art special effects technologies of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or the symbolic imagery of ruined cityscapes in Blade Runner, they allow the spectator to experience the totality of the audiovisual thrill.
While this remains in many ways the core defining feature of the genre, recent trends in the study of science fiction cinema have seen a shift of focus away from the specifically cinematic towards the more broadly cultural. New technologies of communication and vision, revolutionary developments in ... Read more
Science fiction, more than any other film genre, allows cinema to exhibit its own distinctive matters of expression. Whether these be the state-of-the-art special effects technologies of 2001: A Space Odyssey, or the symbolic imagery of ruined cityscapes in Blade Runner, they allow the spectator to experience the totality of the audiovisual thrill.
While this remains in many ways the core defining feature of the genre, recent trends in the study of science fiction cinema have seen a shift of focus away from the specifically cinematic towards the more broadly cultural. New technologies of communication and vision, revolutionary developments in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Verso United Kingdom
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781859842591
SKU
V9781859842591
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About Kuhn, Rick. Ed(S): Kuhn, Annette
Annette Kuhn's books include Alien Zone: Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema; Cinema, Censorship and Sexuality; The Power of the Image: Essays on Representation and Sexuality; Women's Pictures: Feminism and Cinema; Family Secrets: Acts of Memory and Imagination; An Everyday Magic: Cinema and Cultural Memory; Locatine Memory: Photographic Acts; and Little Madnesses: Winnicott, Transitional Phenomena and Cultural Experience. She ... Read more
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