| Description |
xx, 259 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Alternatives
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Alternatives.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : shadows of the magic lamp / George Slusser and Eric S. Rabkin -- Genre and the resurrection of the past / Leo Braudy -- Children of the light / Bruce Kawin -- Subversive play : fantasy in Robbe-Grillet's films / Ben Stoltzfus -- The virginity of astronauts : sex and the science fiction film / Vivain Sobchack -- Pods, blobs, and ideology in American films of the fifties / Peter Biskind -- Don't look where we're going : visions of the future in science fiction films, 1970-1982 / H. Bruce Franklin -- Nostalgia isn't what it used to be : the Middle Ages in literature and film / E. Jane Burns -- The problem of realizing medieval romance in film : John Boorman's Excalibur / Cyndia Clegg. |
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Achieving the fantastic in the animated film / Fred Burns -- Musical fantasy : The little prince / James W. Arnold -- Traditions of trickery : the role of special effects in the science fiction film / Albert J. La Valley -- The "videology" of science fiction / Garrett Stewart -- Fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror / George Slusser -- Born in fire : the ontology of the monster / Frank McConnell. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Subject |
Fantasy films -- History and criticism.
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Fantasy films. |
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Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction films. |
| Added Author |
Slusser, George Edgar.
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Rabkin, Eric S.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Shadows of the magic lamp. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1985 (OCoLC)561350809 |
| ISBN |
080931150X |
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9780809311507 |
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