The spacesuit film
Subtitle: a history, 1918-1969
By: Gary Westfahl ; foreword by Michael Cassult
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780786442676
Subjects: Outer space in motion pictures; History and criticism; Astronauts in motion pictures; Science fiction films; Space flights in motion pictures
Description: "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 monsters; the distinctive spacesuit films of Western Europe, Russia and Japan; and America's televised Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: pre-flight briefing; title: First flights: the early films; title: The true frontier: the classic films; title: Wild adventures: the melodramatic films; title: Ships of fools: the humorous films; title: Space frights: the horrific films; title: Parallel flight paths: the foreign-language films; title: From reel to real: the rebirth and death of spacesuit films; title: Return to Earth: films after 1969.