TOC: ‘Cinema Futura’ Edited by Mark Morris (+ Film Meme!)
PS Publishing has posted the table of contents of Mark Morris’ upcoming collection on film essays, Cinema Futura, shown below.
This is a nice list of films, one that begs to be the subject of a meme. The bold film titles are the ones I have seen. You know the drill: your turn.
- Metropolis (1927) by Stan Nicholls
- Frau Im Mond (1929) by Christopher Burns
- The Man In The White Suit (1951) by Brian Stableford
- When Worlds Collide (1951) by Paul Meloy
- Invaders From Mars (1953) by Joe R Lansdale
- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) by James A Moore
- Quatermass 2 (1957) by David Pirie
- I Married A Monster From Outer Space (1958) by Steven Utley
- The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) by John Connolly
- The Wasp Woman (1959) by Paul Magrs
- Village Of The Damned (1960) by Bill Hussey
- Day Of The Triffids (1962) by Christopher Golden
- La Jetee (1962) by Christopher Priest
- Alphaville (1965) by Lucius Shepard
- Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) by Simon Guerrier
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by James Moran
- Planet Of The Apes (1968) by Gary McMahon
- The Andromeda Strain (1971) by David J Schow
- A Clockwork Orange (1971) by Ian R MacLeod
- Silent Running (1972) by Alastair Reynolds
- Solaris (1972) by Trevor Hoyle
- Sleeper (1973) by Michael Bishop
- Westworld (1973) by Stephen Volk
- Logan’s Run (1976) by Sarah Pinborough
- The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) by Tony Richards
- Star Wars (1977) by Nate Kenyon
- Quintet (1979) by Gary A Braunbeck
- Stalker (1979) by Adam Roberts
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) by Brian Keene
- Time Bandits (1981) by Joolz Denby
- Bladerunner (1982) by Guy Adams
- 2010 (1984) by Paul Cornell
- The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension (1984) by Chris Roberson
- Repo Man (1984) by John Skipp
- The Terminator (1984) by James Barclay
- Brazil (1985) by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985) by Robert Shearman
- Aliens (1986) by Peter F Hamilton
- The Fly (1986) by Stephen Gregory
- Robocop (1987) by Jeff Strand
- Delicatessen (1991) by Philip Palmer
- Twelve Monkeys (1995) by Michael Cobley
- Independence Day (1996) by Joseph Lidster
- Gattaca (1997) by Ken MacLeod
- Pi (1998) by Pat Cadigan
- The Wonderful Ice-Cream Suit (1998) by Mike Resnick
- The Matrix (1999) by Juliet E McKenna
- Donnie Darko (2001) by Sarah Langan
- The Lord Of The Rings (2001) by Amanda Hemingway
- The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra (2001) by Elizabeth Massie
- Lilo And Stitch (2002) by Tony Ballantyne
- Minority Report (2002) by Steve Mosby
- Code 46 (2003) by Garry Kilworth
- Serenity (2005) by Anne Gay
- V For Vendetta (2005) by Ian Irvine
- Children Of Men (2006) by James Miller
- The Fountain (2006) by Steven Hall
- The Mist (2007) by Steven Erikson
- Star Trek (2009) by Toby Litt
- Avatar (2009) by Ian Whates
At No. 15, that would be Daleks, surely, and not Saleks?
And I’ve seen them all except numbers 2, 3, 8, 11, 37, 45, 46, 50 and 58. If Ihad choose a sf film to write about, I’d probably pick Fahrenheit 451, or Dune, or Until the End of the World.
No Primer? A throwback to low budget/ high payback movie making.
Not on my radar = 27, 28. Gotta check them out. I have seen a lot of these as weekend specials on tv. Must see Metropolis in the new intact form.
Speaking of F. 451, Ray Bradbury said years ago that the movie was optioned by some guy named Mel Gibson. Wonder what the status of that is now?