The spacesuit film : a history, 1918-1969
"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)"--Provided by publisher
Criticism, interpretation, etc
x, 361 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
9780786442676, 0786442670
757462037
Introduction: pre-flight briefing
First flights: the early films
The true frontier: the classic films
Wild adventures: the melodramatic films
Ships of fools: the humorous films
Space frights: the horrific films
Parallel flight paths: the foreign-language films
From reel to real: the rebirth and death of the films
Return to Earth: films after 1969