For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the
most important and successful products of American cinema, and are
worthy of study for that reason alone. On a deeper level, the genre
has reflected important themes, concerns and developments in
American society, so that a history of science fiction film also
serves as a cultural history of America over the past half century.
M. Keith Booker has selected fifteen of the most successful and
innovative science fiction films of all time, and examined each of
them at length—from cultural, technical and cinematic
perspectives—to see where they came from and what they meant for
the future of cinema and for America at large. From Invasion of the
Body Snatchers to Star Wars, from Blade Runner to The Matrix, these
landmark films have expressed our fears and dreams, our abilities
and our deficiencies. In this deep-seeking investigation, we can
all find something of ourselves that we recognize, as well as
something that we've never recognized before. The focus on a fairly
small number of landmark films allows detailed attention to
genuinely original movies, including: Forbidden Planet, Invasion of
the Body Snatchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Star
Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Robocop, The
Abyss, Independence Day, and The Matrix. This book is ideal for
general readers interested in science fiction and film.
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