The Future Revisited: Jules Verne on Screen in 1950s America First Edition
Author(s): Francoise Schiltz (Author)
Publisher: Chaplin Books
Publication Date: 24 Mar. 2011
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 232 pages
ISBN-10: 0956559522
ISBN-13: 9780956559524
Book Description
French novelist Jules Verne is known around the world as the father of science fiction and an accurate predictor of much of the twentieth century. His stories have been adapted for the screen since the birth of cinema but found particular resonance with US filmmakers in the 1950s. In this authoritative and fascinating book, Francoise Schiltz looks at four of the most popular films – Around the World in 80 Days, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Mysterious Island – and argues that there were many parallels between Verne’s technological adventures and postwar America, with its themeparks, shopping malls, Levittowns and plethora of consumer goods.
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Book Description
French novelist Jules Verne is known around the world as the father of science fiction and an accurate predictor of much of the twentieth century. His stories have been adapted for the screen since the birth of cinema but found particular resonance with US filmmakers in the 1950s. In this authoritative and fascinating book, Francoise Schiltz looks at four of the most popular films – Around the World in 80 Days, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Mysterious Island – and argues that there were many parallels between Verne’s technological adventures and postwar America, with its themeparks, shopping malls, Levittowns and plethora of consumer goods.
From the Publisher
This interdisciplinary study offers a fresh new perspective on film history, French literature, science fiction and America in the 1950s.
About the Author
Francoise Schiltz is originally from Luxembourg and now lives in London. She studied English Literature at the University of Kent and went on to do a PhD in Film Studies at the University of Southampton.
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