Ghosts in the Machine: Speculating on the Dark Heart of Pop CinemaMichael Atkinson discovers wonders everywhere in the movies, perhaps because his curiosity about film is a wonder all its own. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE PLANET OF THE APES CYCLE | 7 |
CORNEL WILDE AT WORK IN THE BADLANDS | 17 |
THE BROTHERS QUAY | 25 |
ROAD MOVIES | 39 |
NOTES ON TWO DETOURS | 49 |
JAMES B HARRIS | 57 |
THE LEGACY OF EDWARD D WOOD JR | 63 |
DESPLESCHINS LA SENTINELLE | 127 |
THE GREAT AMERICAN BLONDE | 133 |
THE END OF NEW YORK OR IS IT? | 143 |
THE HIGHWAYS OF ALEX COX | 149 |
LIVEACTION CARTOONS | 157 |
FILM BLANC | 167 |
AEON FLUX | 177 |
LABOR IN MOVIES | 181 |
PETER IBBETSON | 71 |
ON STANLEY KWAN | 79 |
POP BIOPICS | 91 |
FOUND FOOTAGE FILMS | 103 |
OUSMANE SEMBENE | 115 |
PETER JACKSONS EARTHLY CREATURES | 185 |
CINEMA AS HEART ATTACK | 193 |
RAY HARRYHAUSEN | 201 |
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