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J. P. Telotte (Ed.) - Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP) - 9781781381830 - V9781781381830
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Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP)

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Description for Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP) Hardcover. Edited collection examining the relationship between science fiction and the formation of cult cinema. Editor(s): Telotte, J. P.; Duchovnay, Gerald. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Critical discussion of cult cinema has often noted its tendency to straddle or ignore boundaries, to pull together different sets of conventions, narrative formulas, or character types for the almost surreal pleasure to be found in their sudden juxtapositions or narrative combination. With its own boundary-blurring nature—as both science and fiction, reality and fantasy—science fiction has played a key role in such cinematic cult formation. This volume examines that largely unexplored relationship, looking at how the sf film’s own double nature neatly matches up with a persistent double vision common to the cult film. It does so by ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Number of Pages
287
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381830
SKU
V9781781381830
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About J. P. Telotte (Ed.)
J. P. Telotte is Professor of Film and Media at Georgia Tech. Author of more than 100 articles on film, television, and literature, and co-editor of Post Script, he has published numerous books on sf and the cult, among them: The Cult Film Experience (Texas, 1991), Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film (Illinois 1995), The Science Fiction ... Read more

Reviews for Science Fiction Double Feature: The Science Fiction Film as Cult Text (Liverpool Science Fiction Texts and Studies LUP)
Reviews 'Coherent, well-organised and covers the field effectively. There is a decent balance of the obvious (Blade Runner) and the obscure (Ghost in the Shell 2). The pieces are written by evident fans and are pitched at a level undergraduates would appreciate, while offering enough novelty and rigour to add something to the field. I can imagine the book would ... Read more

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