Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film (Alternatives) - Tapa dura

These 14 essays were presented at the Fourth Eaton Conference, which convened to create a broad dialogue concerning the importance of science fiction and fantasy in contemporary film. Another goal was to seek in the history and essential nature of cinema the roots of the increasing popularity of science fiction and fantasy.Using very different methods and widely diverse ideas of what fantasy is and where its center exists, these scholars and critics cover the entire span of western dramafrom Melies and Lang to recent films such as "E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial "and "Raiders of the Lost Ark.""

George E. Slusser is Curator of the Eaton Collection and Adjunct Professor at the University of California at Riverside.Eric S. Rabkin is Professor of English at the University of Michigan. He is the author of "The Fantastic in Literature.""