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Science fiction films celebrate and critique the impact of a burgeoning technology on the worlds cultural, political, and social milieu.

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title:A Distant Technology : Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age
author:Telotte, J. P.
publisher:Wesleyan University Press
isbn10 | asin:0819563455
print isbn13:9780819563453
ebook isbn13:9780585370057
language:English
subjectScience fiction films--History and criticism.
publication date:1999
lcc:PN1995.9.S26T45 1998eb
ddc:791.43/615
subject:Science fiction films--History and criticism.
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A Distant Technology
Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age
J. P. Telotte
Page iv Wesleyan University Press Published by University Press of New - photo 2
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Wesleyan University Press
Published by University Press of New England
Hanover, NH 03755
1999 by J. P. Telotte
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of American 5 4 3 2 1
CIP data appear at the end of the book
Page v
Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
1
Introduction: Technology and Distance
1
2
Revolution as Technology: Soviet Science Fiction Film
28
3
The Picture of Distance: German Science Fiction Film
47
4
A Remote Power: French Science Fiction Film
72
5
A Cinema of Spectacle: American Science Fiction Film
98
6
A Monumental Event: British Science Fiction Film
139
7
"I Have Seen the Future": The New York World's Fair as Science Fiction
162
8
Conclusion
183
Notes
189
Filmography
201
Bibliography
205
Index
211

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Illustrations
1. The Little Tramp in Modern Times
7
2. The Tramp as a Piece of Film in a Camera, in Modern Times
8
3. Buster Keaton in The Navigator
10
4. Buster Keaton in Sherlock, Jr.
11
5. Wings: Friends United by their Common Love of Flying
14
6. Seduction in a Constructivist Context: Aelita
41
7. Aelita Performs Under the Stern Eye of her Husband
43
8. Metropolis and the Setback Skyscraper Style
50
9. The Scientist and the Robot of Metropolis
55
10. The Workers of Metropolis Revolt
56
11. The Robotic Maria in Metropolis
57
12. The Space Explorers in Die Frau im Mond
60
13. The Rocket Launch in Die Frau im Mond
62
14. F.P. 1: Coping with Sabotage
69
15. Paris Qui Dort: The Carefree but Precarious Life of Distance and Detachment
80
16. The Eiffel Tower as a Measure of Distance in Paris Qui Dort
85
17. Divers Repel an Underwater Creature in The Mysterious Island
106
18. The Mysterious Island: Dakkar Encounters an Underwater Civilization
107
19. The Mad Scientist in Island of Lost Souls
110
20. Just Imagine's Vision of New York in 1980
115
21. Aerial Courtship and a Traffic Jam in Just Imagine
117
22. Single O in Just Imagine
118
23. A Capture by Emperor Ming's Warriors in Flash Gordon
124
24. Buck Rogers: Buck Loses Control of his Dirigible
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