Essay About one of these themes:
1. Dystopia
2. Technophobia
3. Alien Contact
6 pages, Double Space, Times New Roman. Citation is not required.
Topic statement and thesis
Talk about Film mentioned below and how these issues are raising within your topic.
Try using these films (include 5 films in the essay): A Trip to the Moon (1902), Metropolis (1962), Things To Come (1936), Forbidden Planet (1956), Richard III (1995), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), THX 1138 (1971), Twelve Monkeys (1995), Colossus: The Forbidden Project (1970), Stalker (1979),The Last Man on Earth (1964), Soylent Green (1973), Blade Runner (1982), The Terminator (1984), Alien (1979), Contact (1997), The Matrix (1999), Avatar (2009).
8 pages double space
Talk about 5 films
reference to these articles:
Dyer, Geoff (2012). Zane: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room.
New York: Pantheon. (Available as an e-book from the Toronto Public Library)
Caroti, Simone (2004). "Science Fiction, Forbidden Planet, and Shakespeare's The Tempest." CLC Web: Comparative Literature and Culture 6.1, pp. 1-12; http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol16/iss1/11.
Cormier, Raymond (1990). " The Closed Society and Its Friends: Plato's Republic and Lucas's THX-1138. " Literature/ Film Quarterly. 18:3, pp. 193-197.
Freedman, Carl (1984). "Towards a Theory of Paranoia: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick. "Science Fiction Studies, 11:1 (March 1984), pp. 15-24.
------. (1998)."Kubrick's "2001" and the Possibility of a Science-Fiction Cinema.
"Science Fiction Studies, 25:2 (July 1998), pp. 300-318.
Grant, Barry K. (1986). "Looking Upward: H.G. Wells, Science Fiction and the Cinema. "Literature/Film Quarterly. 14:3, pp. 154-163.
Kapell, Mathew Wilhelm and McVeigh, Stephen, eds. (2011). The Films of James Cameron: Critical Essays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. (e-book available from the York University library).
Poole, Robert (2001). "2001: A Space Odessey. " History Today, 51:1 (January 2001), pp. 39-45.
Links and films:
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE
Metropolis (1926)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSj_ETP6UVE
Things To Come (1936)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c57uWpWcn8w
Forbidden Planet (1956),
http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/963041/
Richard III (1995)
http://www.putlocker.com/file/7FA5C6D89FE11AF8#
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
http://www.putlocker.com/file/36A23BAFF9AA2D30#
THX 1138 (1971)
http://www.putlocker.com/file/DTPS74UKHRKS400#
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/1220379/
Colossus: The Forbidden Project (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQjebwUrhvc
Stalker (1979)
http://www.horrorflixtheaters.com/apps/videos/videos/show/17332826-stalker-1979-adventure-fantasy-english-subbed-putlocker-nowvideo
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
http://www.putlocker.com/file/F7565107477E8A18&smaller#
Soylent Green (1973)
http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/1295026/
Blade Runner (1982)
http://www.novamov.com/video/447208fdbfdd4
The Terminator (1984)
http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/365887/
Alien (1979)
http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/892934/
Contact (1997)
http://www.putlocker.com/file/3OCCZKRAH64GCOOK#
The Matrix (1999)
http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/366385/
Avatar (2009)
http://www.megavideomovielinks.com/watch-avatar-2009-2-on-megavideo