Martian pictures
Subtitle: analyzing the cinema of the red planet
By: O'Brien Stanley, Nicki L. Michalski, Lane "Doc" Roth and Steven J. Zani
Contributors: Michalski, Nicki L., 1968- author; Roth, Lane, 1943- author; Zani, Steven, author
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780786498932
Subjects: In motion pictures
Description: "Covering a wide array of films from Soviet propaganda to Hollywood blockbusters, the authors examine a range of themes and concepts in movies about Mars--attitudes about women, fear of government, environmental issues--and how these depictions changed over time. A complete filmography provides a concise summary of each film discussed"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Mars as a blank canvas; title: Pt. 1. Exploring Mars; title: conformity, survival and hope: genre parallels between combat films and movies on missions to Mars; title: Deviant discoverers lead the way to Mars: critical thinkers, rational recorders and non-conformists; title: Space: the final frontier and the agencies that get us there; title: Pt. 2. Invaders from Mars; title: Alienated: martians as the other; title: Zombies of the stratosphere; title: "I think they want us to come and find them": Prometheus, film and the greek myth of etiology; title: Pt. 3. Mars and society; title: Human women, female martians and the evolution of interplanetary gender roles; title: Is there a Tea Party on Mars?: business and politics as usual on the red planet; title: Planet b: climate change, the exploitation of Earth, and Mars' portrayal as refuge and resource; title: Using our religion: heaven, hell, and the projection of human vanity on the martian landscape; title: Not quite total recall: an analysis of the three versions of the story; title: The funny side of Mars: comedic science fiction; title: Survivalism and "prepping" for life on Mars; title: Filmography.