Jason P Vest

Future Imperfect

Philip K. Dick at the Movies

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Produktbeschreibung

Analysis of the movies made out of Philip K. Dick's short stories

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Univ of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 165mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780803218604
• ISBN-10: 0803218605
• Artikelnr.: 26013907

Autorenporträt

Jason P. Vest is an assistant professor in the University of Guam's Division of English & Applied Linguistics. He has published articles about Blade Runner, The West Wing, The X-Files, and Joanna Russ, as well as the book The Postmodern Humanism of Philip K. Dick. Phillip Lopate is a professor of English at Hofstra University who teaches in the graduate programs at Columbia, the New School, and Bennington. He is the editor of American Movie Critics: An Anthology from the Silents until Now and author of several books, including Against Joie de Vivre, available in a Bison Books edition.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Adapt This: Fiction into Film
Acknowledgments
Introduction - The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick and the Movies
Chapter 1 - More Human than Human: Blade Runner
Chapter 2 - Memory Prime: Total Recall
Chapter 3 - Unburdening the Soul: Confessions d'un Barjo
Chapter 4 - Future War: Screamers
Chapter 5 - Identity Theft: Imposter
Chapter 6 - Future Crime: Minority Report
Chapter 7 - Money in the Bank: Paycheck
Chapter 8 - Schizophrenia on Demand: A Scanner Darkly
Conclusion - Roll Credits: The Films of Philip K. Dick
Notes
Bibliography
Films Cited
Index