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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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1. Verfasser: Westfahl, Gary
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2012.
Schlagworte:
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Space flights in motion pictures.
Outer space in motion pictures.
Astronauts in motion pictures.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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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