10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRAVEL FILM»
Discover the use of
travel film in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
travel film and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of
Film Studies
The travel lecture, an important genre of the *magic lantern show, was popular
from the mid-19th century, and is an important precursor to the travel film. From
1896, Lumiere cameramen travelled the world demonstrating the new technology
of ...
Annette Kuhn, Guy Westwell, 2012
2
Virtual Voyages: Cinema and
Travel
Musser's careful research into the pre-cinematic lantern slide illustrated travel
lectures of John L. Stoddard and Burton Holmes establishes that the travel film
grew directly out of this form. In fact, one would be hard pressed to make a
definitive ...
3
Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and
Film
The hybrid terrain of the travel film, with its architectonics of mixed forms (actuality
and fabrication) is pivotal in the development of film narration. For here, as
elsewhere, the tour of the world becomes a vehicle for the very transition to
fictional ...
4
Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction
Film Reader
However Gordon also argues, focusing on Bock to the Future, that the time travel
film resonates in terms of the Oedipal scenario. Bock to the Future is 'the first
science fiction film to make explicit the incestuous possibilities that have always ...
5
Encyclopedia of the Documentary
Film 3-Volume Set
He discusses the nonfiction film in relation to an odd lot of subcategories: the
travel film, the instructional film ''with a hero,'' ''epics of labor,'' ''news films,'' nature
films, and so on. All are species of ''films of reality,'' and so can be treated as ...
6
The History of British
Film (Volume 2): The History of the ...
But in general the travel film emerged as a more complicated record of foreign
countries—mainly, moreover, of exotic foreign countries, for there was no
systematic coverage of world geography. The once popular scenics of other
countries with ...
7
History of British
Film
But in general the travel film emerged as a more complicated record of foreign
countries — mainly, moreover, of exotic foreign countries, for there was no
systematic coverage of world geography. The once popular scenics of other
countries ...
8
Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science-fiction Cinema
... illusion of motion makes all science-fiction film time-travel film, makes the time-
travel formula particularly powerful in film, and may even be said to make our
experience of any film, science fiction or otherwise, a kind of time-travel
experience.
9
Engaging
Film: Geographies of Mobility and Identity
... decades of the century. Home movies, particularly the family on holiday or the
travel film, are testimony to transitional phases in the history of leisure and
tourism. The new lightweight camera technology was an alternative to 48
Nicholson.
Tim Cresswell, Deborah Dixon, 2002
10
The British Consumer Co-operative Movement and
Film, 1890s-1960s
... of which the CWS gave 1,200 shows to 147,000 people in 1955.44 The 1 950s
also saw the appearance of the Movement's first travel film shows, put out in
association with the Co-operative Travel Service (CTS). Although details are
sketchy ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRAVEL FILM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
travel film is used in the context of the following news items.
Time travel film fulfills sci-fi needs
As a Whovian, time travel isn't a new idea for me. Once you've gone through a season or two of “Doctor Who,” you know just about everything you need to know, ... «Indiana Daily Student, Feb 15»
Top 10 Best Space Travel Films Of All Time
Director Christopher Nolan's epic space travel film Interstellar rockets into the box office this weekend looking to score a big domestic opening to put it on track ... «Forbes, Nov 14»
Time-travel film Back to the Future to be adapted for West End as a …
Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox in Back To The Future. Fox plays Marty McFly who gets sent back from 1985 to 1955. Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/ ... «The Guardian, Jan 14»
Next Up For Christopher Nolan: Sci-Fi Time Travel Film 'Interstellar …
The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of Nolan's next film, which was a huge ... The story is about a group of scientists who travel through a worm hole, and it ... «/FILM, Jan 13»
"Cloud Atlas": Critics rate the new time travel film
Critics are mixed on "Cloud Atlas," the new sci-fi time-travel drama, starring Tom ... The film, which clocks in at nearly three hours and cost an estimated $100 ... «CBS News, Oct 12»
Ten Mysteries in 'Looper' Explained by Director Rian Johnson
No one goes into a time travel movie expecting all the answers. Time travel films are often filled with unanswerable mysteries, because the idea of moving ... «/FILM, Sep 12»
Cannes kicks off with a time-travel film by Woody Allen – and it's good!
Cannes kicks off with a time-travel film by Woody Allen – and it's good! ... on line for the press screening of Allen's “Midnight in Paris”, the festival's opening film. «FRANCE 24, May 11»
Travel films at the London Film Festival
The hype: Gripping, adventurous film making and headline-grabbing drama from Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, about a climber trapped in the dramatic ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 10»
