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Title:
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The spacesuit film : a history, 1918-1969 /
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Authors:
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Gary Westfahl, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2012
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-7864-4267-6
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Format:
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x, 361 p. / ill. / 26 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-349) and index./ Includes filmography
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL1550
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Subjects:
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Astronauts in motion pictures
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Outer space in motion pictures
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Science fiction films--History and criticism
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Space flights in motion pictures
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Description:
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This critical history comprehensively examines science fiction films that portray space travel realistically by having characters wear spacesuits. It discusses classics; innumerable films which gesture toward realism but betray that goal with melodramatic villains, low comedy, or improbably monsters; the distinctive spacesuit films of Western Europe, Russia and Japan; and America's televised Apollo 11 moon landing (1969).
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Contents note:
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1. First flights: the early films 2. The true frontier: the classic films 3. Wild adventures: the melodramatic films 4. Ships of fools: the humorous films 5. Space flights: the horrific films 6. Parallel flight paths: the foreign-language films 7. From reel to real: the rebirth and death of the films 8. Return to Earth: films after 1969
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Format :
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In print
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