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The Jurassic Park Book: New Perspectives on the Classic 1990s Blockbuster de Matthew Melia

The Jurassic Park Book: New Perspectives on the Classic 1990s Blockbuster

Editat de Matthew Melia
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 dec 2023
The definitive 1990s blockbuster, Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park met with almost universal critical and popular acclaim, broke new ground with its CGI recreation of dinosaurs, and started one of the most profitable of all movie franchises. To mark the film's 30th anniversary, this exciting illustrated collection of new essays interrogates the Jurassic Park phenomenon from a diverse range of critical, historical, and theoretical angles. The primary focus is on Jurassic Park itself but there is also discussion of the franchise and its numerous spin-offs.As well as leading international scholars of film studies and history, contributors include experts in special effects, science on screen, fan studies, and palaeontology. Comprehensive, up to date, and accessible, The Jurassic Park Book appeals not only to students and scholars of Hollywood and contemporary culture, but also to the global audience of fans of the greatest of all dinosaur movies.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501384868
ISBN-10: 1501384864
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: 45 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Presents original research by a diverse range of international and often world-leading 'name' scholars, who bring perspectives from numerous fields including film studies, fan studies, cultural studies, palaeontology, and theatre studies

Notă biografică

Matthew Melia is a senior lecturer in film, television, and English literature at Kingston University, London, UK. He is editor of The Films of Ken Russell (2021), a contributor to The Bloomsbury Companion to Stanley Kubrick (2021), and co-editor of The Jaws Book (Bloomsbury, 2020).

Cuprins

List of IllustrationsTables and GraphsList of ContributorsForeword by Linda Ruth WilliamsAcknowledgementsIntroduction Matthew Melia (Kingston University, UK) Part I: Production, Adaptation and Reception1. Writing the Raptor: from Script to ScreenOliver Gruner (University of Portsmouth, UK)2. Rebellious Creations, Monstrous Animals and (Un)Natural Disasters: The Jurassic Park Franchise and Box Office Hit PatternsPeter Krämer (De Montfort University, UK)3. Sounds of the Lost World: Musical World Building in the Jurassic Park FranchiseDaniel White (Huddersfield University, UK)4. Beyond the Gift Shop: Onscreen Merchandise and Modelling the Consumer-SpectatorTom Livingstone (University of Kent, UK)5. Jurassic Park and Dinosaur FandomRoss Garner (Cardiff University, UK)6. Jurassic Park's Smoothing Pass: The Dinosaur Input Device and Digital Materialism Julie Turnock (University of Illinois, USA)7. From '6ft Turkey' to Marketing Monster: Marketing Jurassic Park and its SequelsEd Vollans (University of Leicester, UK)Part II: Critical Perspectives and Interpretation8. Jew-rassic Park Nathan Abrams (Bangor University, UK)9. Virility, Venality and Victory: Three Faces of Masculinity in Jurassic ParkKatie Barnett (University of Chester, UK)10. Jurassic Park and Spielberg's ScientistsJames Kendrick (Baylor University, USA)11. The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park and the Portrayal of Prehistoric Life and Paleontology in FilmAli Nabavizadeh (University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, USA)12. Lost Worlds and Dino ViolenceJennifer Schell (University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)13. Jurassic Park: Disaster, Chaos and Existential ThreatMatthew Melia (Kingston University, UK) Part III: Beyond Jurassic Park14. Smoke and Mirrors: the 3D Re-Imaginings of Jurassic ParkAllison Whitney (Texas Tech University, USA)15. The Jurassic JokeJanet Staiger (University of Texas, USA)16. A Chance to Three-Dimensionally Live the Movie': Jurassic Park Attractions and Their Influence on Global Themed ExperiencesCarissa Baker (University of Central Florida, USA)17. Family, Nostalgia and Dinosaurs on Stage: The Jurassic ParksCatherine Pugh (Independent Scholar, UK)Index

Recenzii

Editor Matthew Melia and 16 enterprising colleagues dig deep into Steven Spielberg's pivotal masterpiece and reveal everything you want to know about Jurassic Park and the universe it established. Contributors of this work answer questions you never thought to ask about the movie's production, marketing, box-office success, franchising, fandom, ecopolitics, merchandising, and afterlives, as well as the representation of men, Jews, scientists, and dinosaurs. Required reading for every T-Rex, velociraptor, and their hosts of descendants and distant relatives.
The Jurassic Park Book is a timely, necessary collection for students and scholars about the enduring power of popular entertainment and its limitless capacity to imagine new worlds while critically and commercially shaping our own. From franchise expansion to ecohorror nightmare, Jurassic Park harnesses the scholarly vitality of blockbuster entertainment to spectacular effect; its legacy proves again that Steven Spielberg is the master storyteller of this age. Through insightful, original, and rigorous readings lensed through several interdisciplinary frameworks, including fan and marketing studies, 1990s masculine anxieties, ILM's radical advancement in creating digital lost worlds, and the franchise's adaptation to and beyond the screen, Matt Melia's superb collection joyously unveils the film's rich scholarly depth and why it still matters in blockbuster entertainment today.