Outer Limits: The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Science-Fiction Films

by Howard Hughes

Overview

HOWARD HUGHES'S NEW FILMGOERS' GUIDE TO SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS DELVES DEEP INTO THE LANDMARK MOVIES OF THIS EVERPOPULAR GENRE, FROM METROPOLIS TO AVATAR AND BEYOND, AND COVERS OVER 250 MORE Outer Limits explores science-fiction cinema through 26 great films, from the silent classic Metropolis to today. It reviews the galaxy of stars and directors who have created some of the most popular films of all time, including George Lucas's 'Star Wars' films, Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Minority Report, James Cameron's 'Terminator' films and Ridley Scott's milestones Alien and Blade Runner. It also discusses everything from A-listers 2001: A Space Odyssey and Planet of the Apes, to Japanese monster movies, 1950s B-movies, creature features and cult favourites, depicting time travel, distant planets or alien invasions. Films featured include The War of the Worlds, Independence Day, Tarantula, Godzilla, The Thing, Forbidden Planet, Barbarella, Galaxy Quest, Mad Max 2, Back to the Future, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Star Trek, Apollo 13, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Matrix, and many, many more.
Illustrated with original posters, Outer Limits is an informative, entertaining tour of the sci-fi universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780761664
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Film writer and historian Howard Hughes is the author of Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood (I.B. Tauris) and of the Filmgoers' Guide series, When Eagles Dared, Crime Wave, Once Upon a Time in the Italian West and Stagecoach to Tombstone (all from I.B. Tauris). He is contributor to 'The James Bond Archives', the official fiftieth anniversary celebration of 007, and writes regularly for film magazine 'Cinema Retro'

Table of Contents

Now and Then: An Introduction to Science Fiction Cinema
Acknowledgements

1. Death to the Machines
2. Regarded this Earth with Envious Eyes
3. Godzilla is just a Legend
4. I Never Saw Anything Like It!
5. You're Next!
6. We Are, After All, Not God
7. He Has all the Time in the World
8. Damn You All to Hell
9. My God, it's Full of Stars
10. I Love all the Love in You
11. The Mysteries Remain
12. The Force Will Be With You, Always
13. When You Wish Upon a Star
14. In Space No One Can Hear you Scream
15. Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive
16. Like Tears in Rain
17. It's Weird and Pissed Off
18. You Have no Concept of Time
19. Hasta La Vista, Baby
20.Houston, we Have a Problem
21 Now that's what I call a Close Encounter
22. Welcome to the Real World
23. By Grabthar's Hammer!
24. We See what they See
25. Live Long and Prosper
26. I See You

Bibliography and Sources
Index of Film Titles