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The spacesuit film a history, 1918-1969 /

"This critical history comprehensively examines science fiction films that portray space travel realistically by having characters wear spacesuits. It discusses classics; innumerable films which gesture toward realism but betray that goal with melodramatic villains, low comedy, or improbably mo...

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Hovedforfatter: Westfahl, Gary
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.
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Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Space flights in motion pictures.
Outer space in motion pictures.
Astronauts in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Introduction: pre-flight briefing
  • First flights: the early films
  • The true frontier: the classic films
  • Wild adventures: the melodramatic films
  • Ships of fools: the humorous films
  • Space frights: the horrific films
  • Parallel flight paths: the foreign-language films
  • From reel to real: the rebirth and death of the films
  • Return to Earth: films after 1969.

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