Title: Screening space : the American science fiction film /
Authors: Sobchack, Vivian Carol; Sobchack, Vivian Carol.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Science fiction films United States History and criticism
Contents: 1. The Limits of the Genre: Definitions and Themes. What Is Science Fiction? Literature and Film. Transylvania on Mars: Horror and Science Fiction. The Trouble with Creatures and Monsters. Magic, Science, and Religion: Towards Synthesis and Definition -- 2. Images of Wonder: The Look of Science Fiction. Iconography. Visual Functions. The Alien. The Speculative. The Extrapolative. The Alienation of the Familiar. Subversion of the Landscape. The Dehumanization of Humans. The Alien and the Familiar: The Aesthetics of Collision -- 3. The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo: The Sounds of Science Fiction. At a Loss for Words. The Transformation of Spoken Language. Humor, Parody, and Satire. Displaced Voices. Dialogue as Ritual. Liturgy. The Word as Image. Nonverbal Sound. The Music of the Spheres. Sound Effects. The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo -- 4. Postfuturism. Altered States. Postmodernism and Aesthetic Production. The Deflation and Inflation of Space.