Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction on Film

Book Overview

These 14essays were presented at the Fourth Eaton Conference, which convened to create a broad dialogue concern­ing the importance of science fiction and fantasy in contemporary film. Another goal was to seek in the history and essen­tial nature of cinema the roots of the in­creasing popularity of science fiction and fantasy.

Using very different methods and widely diverse ideas of what fantasy is and where its center exists, these schol­ars and critics cover the entire span of western drama--from M li s and Lang to recent films such as E.T., the Extra­-Terrestrial and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080931150X
• ISBN13: 9780809311507
• Release Date: August 1985
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"