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Mars has long served as a blank canvas for illustrating society's aspirations and anxieties--a science fiction setting for exploring our "future history." Covering a wide array of films from Soviet propaganda to Hollywood blockbusters, the authors examine a range of themes and concepts in motion pictures about Mars--attitudes about women, fear of government, environmental issues--and how these depictions changed over time. A complete filmography provides a concise summary of each film discussed.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
"In the beginning..."
Preface
Introduction: Mars as a Blank Canvas
Part 1: Exploring Mars
One. Conformity, Survival and Hope: Genre Parallels Between Combat Films and Movies on Missions to Mars
Two. Deviant Discoverers Lead the Way to Mars: Critical Thinkers, Rational Recorders and Non-Conformists
Three. Space: The Final Frontier and the Agencies That Get Us There
Part 2: Invaders from Mars
Four. Alienated: Martians as the Other
Five. Zombies of the Stratosphere
Six. "I Think They Want Us to Come and Find Them": Prometheus, Film and the Greek Myth of Etiology
Part 3: Mars and Society
Seven. Human Women, Female Martians and the Evolution of Interplanetary Gender Role
Eight. Is There a Tea Party on Mars? Business and Politics as Usual on the Red Planet
Nine. Planet B: Climate Change, the Exploitation of Earth and Mars' Portrayal as Refuge and Resource
Ten. Using Our Religion: Heaven, Hell and the Projection of Human Vanity on the Martian Landscape
Eleven. Not Quite Total Recall: An Analysis of the Three Versions of the Story
Twelve. The Funny Side of Mars: Comedic Science Fiction
Thirteen. Survivalism and "Prepping" for Life on Mars
Filmography
References
Index