From Alien to The matrix : reading science fiction film /: reading science fiction film. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roz Kaveney.
• Other Names: Kaveney, Roz
• Contents: Waking into dreams: competence cascades, thick texts and the universalization of the geek aesthetic -- Director as parodist: Paul Verhoeven's Starship troopers -- Comedy 1: Galaxy quest -- The decline and fall of the alien invasion -- Comedy 2: Small soldiers and the joke of the robot -- Who are you? Cognitive dissonance and lots of really big guns -- The mirrored gaze: James Cameron's and Kathryn Bigelow's Strange days -- Creation as product: the paradox of franchises -- A franchise case study: Alien and its sequels -- Index of films -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (208 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43615; Science fiction films -- History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference; Science fiction films; Science fiction-films; Science-fiction-Film; Science-Fiction-Film; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1423709373; 9781423709374; 9781850438052; 1850438056; 9781850438069; 1850438064; 1282527878; 9781282527874; 9780857712745; 0857712748
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.