Martian Pictures

Analyzing the Cinema of the Red Planet

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by O’Brien Stanley, Nicki L. Michalski, Lane Roth and Steven J. Zani

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Science Fiction

Keywords

science fiction, sciences

Publishing date

2018

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 246 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-9893-2

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Book Presentation:
Mars has long served as a blank canvas for illustrating society’s aspirations and anxieties—a science fiction setting for exploring our “future history.” Covering a wide array of films from Soviet propaganda to Hollywood blockbusters, the authors examine a range of themes and concepts in motion pictures about Mars—attitudes about women, fear of government, environmental issues—and how these depictions changed over time. A complete filmography provides a concise summary of each film discussed.

About the authors:
O’Brien Stanley is a professor of film studies in the Department of Communication at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, specializing in television and film genre studies, science fiction film, and Super-8 film production and preservation.
Nicki L. Michalski is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Lamar. Her areas of study include popular culture, spiritual communication and rhetoric.
Lane “Doc” Roth recently retired from Lamar University, where he was an associate professor. His primary interests are the depth psychology of Carl Jung, film theory and classic American films.
Steven J. Zani is a professor of comparative literature and academic dean at the American University of Ras al Khaimah, in the Arab Emirates. His interests include popular culture, biblical hermeneutics, romanticism and Freudian psychoanalysis.

Press Reviews:
"There is much to be learned here."—SFRA Review

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