Escape velocity : American science fiction film, 1950-1982 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schauer, Bradley (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2017]
Series:	Wesleyan film.
Subjects:	Science fiction films > United States > History and criticism.

Table of Contents:

SF and the American film industry
One realizing the future: SF in the postwar American marketplace
The pulp paradox: SF film of the 1950s
From parody to profundity: 2001: a space odyssey and the critical legitimation of SF film
Return to relevance: art, exploitation, and politics in SF film, 1968-1976
Revenge of the nerds: the pulp SF blockbuster, 1977-1982
Conclusion: SF film today.