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British Science Fiction Cinema is the first substantial study of a genre which, despite a sometimes troubled history, has produced some of the best British films, from the prewar classic Things to Come to Alien made in Britain by a British director. The contributors to this rich and provocative collection explore the diverse strangeness of British science fiction, from literary adaptions like Nineteen Eighty-Four and A Clockwork Orange to pulp fantasies and 'creature features' far removed from the acceptable face of British cinema.Through case studies of
Science fiction films --- Great Britain --- History and criticism --- 799.3 --- 798.43 --- science fiction --- Groot-Brittannië --- Fantasie --- alien --- Extrapolative films --- Future films (Science fiction films) --- Sci-fi films --- Sci-fiers (Motion pictures) --- Motion pictures --- filmgenres en -motieven, science fiction films --- film, geschiedenis der filmkunst, overige landen --- History and criticism.
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"Stanley Kubrick is one of the most revered directors in cinema history. His 13 films, including classics such as Paths of Glory, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining, attracted controversy, acclaim, a devoted cult following, and enormous critical interest. With this comprehensive guide to the key contexts - industrial and cultural, as well as aesthetic and critical - the themes of Kubrick's films sum up the current vibrant state of Kubrick studies. Bringing together an international team of leading scholars and emergent voices, this Companion provides comprehensive coverage of Stanley Kubrick's contribution to cinema. After a substantial introduction outlining Kubrick's life and career and the film's production and reception contexts, the volume consists of 39 contributions on key themes that both summarise previous work and offer new, often archive-based, state-of-the-art research. In addition, it is specifically tailored to the needs of students wanting an authoritative, accessible overview of academic work on Kubrick"--
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"A collection offering new research and insights into Steven Spielberg's classic thriller Jaws"--
Thrillers (Motion pictures) --- Action and adventure films --- Horror films --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism. --- Production and direction --- History --- Jaws (Motion picture : 1975)
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Motion pictures --- Cinéma --- Motion picture industry --- Industrie du cinéma --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- History. --- Histoire --- History and criticism --- History --- Histoire et critique. --- Histoire. --- Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism --- Motion picture industry - Great Britain - History --- Cinéma --- Industrie du cinéma
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Fiction --- Film --- Thematology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Carter, Angela --- Woolf, Virginia --- Alcott, Louisa M. --- Sexology --- Gorris, Marleen --- Campion, Jane --- Brontë, Anne --- Movies --- Homosexuality --- Female homosexuality --- Literature --- Images of women --- Book --- Detective novels
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