Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction FilmUniversity of Illinois Press, 1995 - 222 Seiten A haunting fascination fuels our interest in the robot, the android, the cyborg, the replicant. Born in science fiction literature, the artificial human has come into its own in films, lurching to life, holding a mirror to humanity's soul. Beginning with a pre-history of the filmic robot, J. P. Telotte traces its development through early sci-fi landmarks such as Metropolis (1926), the alien films of the 1950s (including Forbidden Planet), and recent explorations of the artificial human in Blade Runner, Robocop, and the Terminator films. Replications also considers the tension between the technological wonders that science fiction depicts and the human values it champions. Film-makers employ the latest developments in technology to fashion ever more realistic human doubles, and then use them to explore what it means to be human. Telotte shows us how the sci-fi genre has always addressed changing cultural attitudes toward technology, the body, gender roles, human intelligence, reality, and even film itself. |
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | |
Human Artifice | 1 |
Our Imagined Humanity | 29 |
The Seductive Text of Metropolis | 54 |
A Put Together Thing Human Artifice in the 1930s | 72 |
A Charming Interlude Of Serials and Hollow Men | 91 |
Science Fictions Double Focus Alluring Worlds and Forbidden Planets | 111 |
Lost Horizons Westworld Futureworld and the Worlds Obscenity | 130 |
Life at the Horizon The Tremulous Public Body | 148 |
The Exposed Modern Body The Terminator and Terminator 2 | 169 |
An Overview | 187 |
Selected Filmography | 197 |
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Replications: A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film J. P. Telotte Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 1995 |
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