| Description |
222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : Human artifice -- 1. Our imagined humanity -- 2. The seductive text of Metropolis -- 3. A "put together" thing : human artifice in the 1930s -- 4. A "charming" interlude : of serials and hollow men -- 5. Science fiction's double focus : alluring worlds and forbidden planets -- 6. Lost horizons : Westworld, Futureworld, and the world's obscenity -- 7. Life at the horizon : the tremulous public body -- 8. The exposed modern body : The terminator and Terminator 2 |
| Analysis |
BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) |
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CHERRY 200 (US, Steve de Jarnatt, 1988) |
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DOUBLES |
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FORBIDDEN PLANET (US, Fred McLeod Wilcox, 1956) |
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FUTUREWORLD (US, Richard Heffron, 1976) |
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METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) |
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ROBOTS IN FILMS |
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SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS |
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TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA |
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TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) |
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TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) |
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TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) |
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WESTWORLD (US, Michael Crichton, 1973) |
| Notes |
Filmography: p. [197]-208 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-215) and index |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages [197]-208 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-215) and index |
| Subject |
Robots in motion pictures.
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Science fiction films -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
95006586 |
| ISBN |
0252021770 |
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0252064666 |
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9780252021770 |
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9780252064661 |
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