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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
BFI Publishing,
2002.
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| Series: | Sight and sound reader.
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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.