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Future Imperfect: Philip K. Dick at the Movies by Jason P. Vest (English) Hardco
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN-13
- 9780275991715
- Book Title
- Future Imperfect
- ISBN
- 9780275991715
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275991717
ISBN-13
9780275991715
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59091542
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Future Imperfect : Philip K. Dick at the Movies
Subject
Film / General, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Popular Culture, Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2007-016355
Reviews
"Among the films adapted from novels and stories Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner , Confessions d'un Barjo , Minority Report , and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly . Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision." - Reference and Research Book News, "Among the films adapted from novels and stories Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner , Confessions d'un Barjo , Minority Report , and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly . Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision." - Reference & Research Book News, "Among the films adapted from novels and stories Philip K. Dick are Blade Runner , Confessions d'un Barjo , Minority Report , and most recently Richard Linklatter's A Scanner Darkly . Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision." -- Reference & Research Book News
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6
Synopsis
Philip K. Dick was one of the most incisive, subversive, and entertaining authors of the last half of the twentieth century, and the increasing levels of respect and interest that his fiction and films have generated since the 1982 release of Blade Runner have made a comprehensive assessment of these films a virtual necessity. Future Imperfect is the only work to examine the cinematic adaptations of Dick's work in their entirety. Not all cinematic adaptations of Dick's work have been equally successful, but they have all at least made a similar effort to capture his evocative, paranoid, and compassionate view of humanity's precarious place in a fallen world--a world where rapidly proliferating technology, stultifying bureaucracy, and widespread political chicanery threaten both our bodies and our minds. Author Jason Vest seeks here to answer the question of how filmmakers as diverse as Ridley Scott, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg, and Richard Linklater have each, in their turn, expanded, extrapolated, and diverged from Dick's fiction in order to translate Dick's powerful and challenging insights on to the screen in a visual and yet still literary form. Dick's is a singular voice in American literature, and Future Imperfect aims to gauge exactly how well the cinematic adaptations of Dick's work have captured his unique vision of the human future, and how deeply Dick's storytelling abilities have influenced the development of science-fiction films from Blade Runner on. Students and general readers interested in science-fiction literature and film should find this an incredibly valuable work, as should film enthusiasts concerned with the issue of adaptation itself. Author Jason Vest is an expert in both American literature and the science-fiction genre. This marks the first book-length investigation of Dick's influence on the science-fiction genre, and also includes some of the more extended criticism on several seminal science fiction films., Examines how the works of author Philip K. Dick have been translated into film and how they have influenced the science fiction genre in the process
LC Classification Number
PS3554
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