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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Newman, Kim
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : BFI Publishing, 2002.
Series:Sight and sound reader.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Section 1 Themes
  • 'When Dr No Met Dr Strangelove' (December 1993) / J. Hoberman 3
  • 'An Eye for an Eye' (April 1994) / Linda Ruth Williams 13
  • 'Paranoia and the Pods' (May 1994) / J. Hoberman 17
  • 'London: Necropolis of Fretful Ghosts' (June 1994) / Iain Sinclair 23
  • 'Bloody Tales' (January 1995) / Amy Taubin 28
  • 'Eduardo Paolozzi's Machine Dreams' (Art into Film Supplement, July 1994) / Christopher Frayling, Eduardo Paolozzi 33
  • 'A Summer Place, On the Beach, Beyond the Sea' (New) / Howard Waldrop 38
  • Section 2 Films
  • 'Blade Runner: Telling the Difference' (December 1992) / Philip Strick 47
  • 'I Am a Believer' (July 1992) / Michael Eaton 51
  • Review: 'The Rapture' (July 1992) / Lizzie Francke 57
  • 'Sitting Inside' (April 1995) / Jenny Diski 59
  • 'Dying for Art' (December 1994) / Peter Wollen 62
  • 'Homeopathic Horror' (April 1995) / Iain Sinclair 68
  • 'Learning to Scream' (December 1994) / Linda Williams 72
  • 'Desperation and Desire' (January 1997) / Leslie Dick 78
  • 'Voodoo Road' (August 1997) / Marina Warner 84
  • 'It's a Wonderful Life: The Dark End of the Street' (LFF Supplement, November 1997) / Jonathan Romney 89
  • 'A Child's Demon' (April 1999) / David Thomson 95
  • 'Bring Back the Cat' (November 1999) / Kim Newman 100
  • 'So Good It Hurts' (November 1999) / Amy Taubin 103
  • Review: 'Fight Club' (December 1999) / Charles Whitehouse 108
  • 'Vanishing Americans' (June 2000) / Michael Eaton 110
  • 'Red Planet (February 2001) / Philip Strick 113
  • 'Audition' (March 2001) / Richard Falcon 115
  • 'Ed Gein' (August 2001) / Mark Kermode 117
  • Section 3 People and Stories
  • 'Beauty & the Beasts' (October 1992) / Marina Warner 123
  • Review: 'Beauty and the Beast' (October 1992) / Jonathan Romney 132
  • 'Hammer's Cosy Violence' (August 1996) / Jonathan Coe 134
  • 'Gojira Mon Amour' (July 1998) / Ken Hollings 138
  • Review: 'Godzilla' (August 1998) / Andy Medhurst 146
  • 'Fritz Lang: The Illusion of Mastery' (January 2000) / Thomas Elsaesser 147
  • 'The Cage of Reason' (January 2000) / Kim Newman 155
  • Review: 'Sleepy Hollow' (February 2000) / Andrew O'Hehir 159
  • 'Lunatics on the Pitch' (June 2000) / Kevin Jackson 161
  • 'Six Degrees Of Nosferatu' (February 2001) / Thomas Elsaesser 165
  • Review: 'Shadow of the Vampire' (February 2001) / Philip Kemp 174
  • 'The Riddler Has His Day' (April 2001) / David Thomson 176
  • Review: 'Hannibal' (April 2001) / Kim Newman 181
  • 'Gorilla Warfare' (September 2001) / Andrew O'Hehir 183
  • Section 4 Case Study
  • Teenage Postmodern Horror
  • 'Blood Sisters' (June 2001) / Linda Ruth Williams 193
  • 'The Craft' (November 1996) / Chris Savage King 195
  • 'Scream' (May 1997) / Kim Newman 197
  • 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (January 1998) / Kim Newman 199
  • 'Scream 2' (May 1998) / Kim Newman 200
  • 'Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later' (November 1998) / Kim Newman 202
  • 'The Faculty' (April 1999) / Peter Matthews 204
  • 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer' (May 1999) / Kim Newman 206
  • 'Disturbing Behaviour' (October 1999) / Danny Leigh 208
  • 'Scream 3' (May 2000) / Kim Newman 209
  • 'Idle Hands' (June 2000) / Kim Newman 210
  • 'Teaching Mrs Tingle' (Original) / Kim Newman 211
  • 'Scary Movie' (October 2000) / Kim Newman 213
  • 'The Hole' (May 2001) / Kim Newman 215
  • Section 5 Case Study
  • Gameworlds and Rubber Reality
  • 'Bubble Boy' (August 1998) / Charles Whitehouse 221
  • 'Game Boy' (April 1999) / Chris Rodley 223
  • 'Time Machines' (April 1999) / Kim Newman 227
  • 'Rubber Reality' (June 1999) / Kim Newman 229
  • 'Riddle of the Sands' (September 2001) / Philip Strick 231
  • 'The Dreamlife of Androids' (September 2001) / J. Hoberman 236
  • 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence' (October 2001) / Philip Strick 241
  • 'Groundhog Day' (May 1993) / Ben Thompson 243
  • 'Mortal Kombat' (November 1995) / Leslie Felperin 245
  • 'Strange Days' (January 1996) / Philip Strick 246
  • 'Dark City' (June 1998) / Kim Newman 249
  • 'The Truman Show' (October 1998) / Leslie Felperin 251
  • 'Cube' (November 1998) / Philip Strick 253
  • 'eXistenZ' (May 1999) / Kevin Jackson 255
  • 'The Sixth Sense' (November 1999) / Philip Strick 257
  • 'Run Lola Run' (November 1999) / Richard Falcon 258
  • 'EDtv' (December 1999) / Leslie Felperin 260
  • 'Timecode' (September 2000) / Xan Brooks 261
  • 'The Cell' (November 2000) / Ken Hollings 264
  • 'Memento' (November 2000) / Chris Darke 265
  • 'Battle Royale' (September 2001) / Kim Newman 268
  • 'Final Fantasy The Spirits Within' (September 2001) / Dan Mayers 271
  • Section 6 Case Study
  • Stanley Kubrick
  • '2001: A Cold Descent' (January 1994) / Mark Crispin Miller 277
  • Review: '2001: A Space Odyssey' (Summer 1968) / Philip Strick 290
  • 'Real Horrorshow' (September 1999) / Kevin Jackson 293
  • 'The Overlook Hotel' (Winter 1980/81) / Paul Mayersberg 300
  • 'Resident Phantoms' (September 1999) / Jonathan Romney 306.