Screening space

Ungar

1987

345 p.

Bibliography: p. 323-336.

9780804468862

Contents: The limits of the genre: definitions and themes -- Images of wonder: the look of science fiction -- The leaden echo and the golden echo: the sounds of science fiction -- Postfuturism.

Screening Space, the reprint classic from Rutger's University Press, has been significantly enlarged to update the science fiction film since the early 1980s, examining classic and contemporary sci-fi films as a significant genre. Winner of the 1995 Pilgrim Award, the book examines the differences between the religious themes of 2001: A Space Odyssey and the clinical random evil depicted in Event Horizon. Vivian Sobchack's detailed analysis of a wide range of films and inclusion of black-and-white movie stills allows a better understanding of science fiction films as an art form that can often present its characters, a la Blade Runner, as "more human than human."

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