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Overview: CONSTELLATIONS
Like the future itself, the imaginative possibilities of science fiction are limitless. And the very development of cinema is inextricably linked to the genre, which, from the earliest depictions of space travel and the robots of silent cinema to the immersive 3D wonders of contemporary blockbusters, has continually pushed at the boundaries. Constellations provides a unique opportunity for writers to share their passion for science fiction cinema in a book-length format, each title devoted to a significant film from the genre. Writers place their chosen film in a variety of contexts – generic, institutional, social, historical – enabling Constellations to map the terrain of science fiction cinema from the past to the present…and the future.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Educational
Marking its thirtieth anniversary, this volume explores RoboCop from a variety of critical approaches
RoboCop was Dutch director Paul Verhoeven’s first American film, and was both a commercial and (surprise) critical hit on release in 1987. Marking its thirtieth anniversary, this volume explores the film from a variety of critical approaches, including re-reading RoboCop as a Western; the neo-fascist corporatization of the human body; satire, late-Reagan America and the rise of neo-liberalism; resurrection, death, and the figure of the cyborg in science fiction; and the legacy of the film across American cinema and within Verhoeven’s own body of work, which includes Total Recall and Starship Troopers, both of which develop further ideological interests about American culture.
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