Mars has long served as a blank canvas for illustrating society's aspirations and anxieties--a science fiction setting for exploring our "future history." Covering a wide array of films from Soviet propaganda to Hollywood blockbusters, the authors examine a range of themes and concepts in motion pictures 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.
Mars has long served as a blank canvas for illustrating society's aspirations and anxieties--a science fiction setting for exploring our "future history." Covering a wide array of films from Soviet propaganda to Hollywood blockbusters, the authors examine a range of themes and concepts in motion pictures 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
O'Brien Stanley is a professor of film studies in the Department of Communication at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, specializing in television and film genre studies, science fiction film, and Super-8 film production and preservation.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments "In the beginning..." Preface Introduction: Mars as a Blank Canvas Part 1: Exploring Mars One. Conformity, Survival and Hope: Genre Parallels Between Combat Films and Movies on Missions to Mars Two. Deviant Discoverers Lead the Way to Mars: Critical Thinkers, Rational Recorders and Non-Conformists Three. Space: The Final Frontier and the Agencies That Get Us There Part 2: Invaders from Mars Four. Alienated: Martians as the Other Five. Zombies of the Stratosphere Six. "I Think They Want Us to Come and Find Them": Prometheus, Film and the Greek Myth of Etiology Part 3: Mars and Society Seven. Human Women, Female Martians and the Evolution of Interplanetary Gender Role Eight. Is There a Tea Party on Mars? Business and Politics as Usual on the Red Planet Nine. Planet B: Climate Change, the Exploitation of Earth and Mars' Portrayal as Refuge and Resource Ten. Using Our Religion: Heaven, Hell and the Projection of Human Vanity on the Martian Landscape Eleven. Not Quite Total Recall: An Analysis of the Three Versions of the Story Twelve. The Funny Side of Mars: Comedic Science Fiction Thirteen. Survivalism and "Prepping" for Life on Mars Filmography References Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments "In the beginning..." Preface Introduction: Mars as a Blank Canvas Part 1: Exploring Mars One. Conformity, Survival and Hope: Genre Parallels Between Combat Films and Movies on Missions to Mars Two. Deviant Discoverers Lead the Way to Mars: Critical Thinkers, Rational Recorders and Non-Conformists Three. Space: The Final Frontier and the Agencies That Get Us There Part 2: Invaders from Mars Four. Alienated: Martians as the Other Five. Zombies of the Stratosphere Six. "I Think They Want Us to Come and Find Them": Prometheus, Film and the Greek Myth of Etiology Part 3: Mars and Society Seven. Human Women, Female Martians and the Evolution of Interplanetary Gender Role Eight. Is There a Tea Party on Mars? Business and Politics as Usual on the Red Planet Nine. Planet B: Climate Change, the Exploitation of Earth and Mars' Portrayal as Refuge and Resource Ten. Using Our Religion: Heaven, Hell and the Projection of Human Vanity on the Martian Landscape Eleven. Not Quite Total Recall: An Analysis of the Three Versions of the Story Twelve. The Funny Side of Mars: Comedic Science Fiction Thirteen. Survivalism and "Prepping" for Life on Mars Filmography References Index
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