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#1
Ambrogio, Anthony: Alien: In space no one can hear your primal scream. In: Midnight Marquee 2011. No. 78. [November] pp. 3 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
#2
Bach, Sarah / Langer, Jessica: Getting off the boat: Hybridity and sexual agency in the Alien films. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 79 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Aliens ~ Aliens
#3
Barale, Michele Aina: When lambs and aliens meet: Girl-faggots and boy-dykes go to the movies. In: Cross-purposes: Lesbians, feminists, and the limits of alliance. Edited by Dana Heller. - Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press 1997. pp. 95-106.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien series and Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs.
Index:
Demme, Jonathan
Alien (Filmreihe)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1990)
Sexualität: Homosexualität ~ Sexuality: Homosexuality
Frauen ~ Women
Aliens ~ Aliens
#4
Barth, Daniel / Hitzler, Ronald: Die Ripley-Saga. In: Sinnwelt Film: Beiträge zur interdisziplinären Filmanalyse. - Baden-Baden: Nomos 1996. p. ?P.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (Filmreihe)
#5
Bell-Metereau, Rebecca: Woman: The other alien in Alien. In: Women worldwalkers: New dimensions of science fiction and fantasy. Edited by Jane B. Weedman. - Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech Press 1985. (= Proceedings of the Comparative Literature Symposium 16.) pp. 9-24.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Frauen ~ Women
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Aliens ~ Aliens
#6
Bergeron, Danielle: Aliens and the psychotic experience. In: Lacan, politics, aesthetics. Edited by Willy Apollon and Richard Feldstein. - Albany: State University of New York Press 1996. (= Psychoanalysis and Culture.) pp. 305-314.
Description:
Psychoanalytic interpretation of the Alien series.
Index:
Lacan, Jacques
Alien (Filmreihe)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Politik ~ Politics
Aliens ~ Aliens
#7
Bick, Ilsa J.: Alien within, Aliens without: The primal scene and the return to the repressed. In: American Imago 45. 1988. No. 3. [?D] pp. 337-358.
Description:
Psychoanalytical interpretation.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
#8
Billy, Ted: A curious case of influence: Nostromo and Alien(s). In: Conradiana 21. 1989. No. 2. [Summer] pp. 147-157.
Description:
On the influence of Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo on the representation of the aliens in the Alien films by James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
Index:
Conrad, Joseph
Cameron, James
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Nostromo (Literatur ~ Literature)
#9
Bond, Jeff: Alien quadrilogy. In: Cinefantastique 36. 2004. No. 1. [February/March] pp. 58-59.
Description:
On a DVD edition.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
DVD ~ DVD
#10
Booker, M. Keith: Alternate Americas: Science fiction film and American culture. - Westport, Connecticut; London: Praeger 2006.
Reviews:
Allison, Tanine: [untitled.] In: Film Criticism 32. 2007. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 113-116.
Description:
Includes chapters on The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Alien, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Robocop, The Abyss, Independence Day, and The Matrix.
Index:
Wise, Robert
Wilcox, Fred McLeod
Kubrick, Stanley
Lucas, George
Spielberg, Steven
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Emmerich, Roland
Wachowski, Andy
Wachowski, Larry
Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Filmreihe)
2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968)
Planet of the Apes (Filmreihe)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Alien (Filmreihe)
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Robocop (Filmreihe)
Abyss, The (1989)
Independence Day (1996)
Matrix, The (Filmreihe)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#11
Booth, Owen: Alien quadrilogy. In: Film Review 2005. No. 654 [March] p. 83.
Description:
On a DVD edition.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
DVD ~ DVD
#12
Botting, Fred: Aftergothic: Consumption, machines, and black holes. In: The cambridge companion to gothic fiction. Edited by Jerrold E. Hogle. - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press 2002. pp. 277-300.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Technik ~ Technology
Horror ~ Horror
#13
Boully, Fabien: Le double devenir d’Ellen Ripley. In: Cinémaction 2004. No. 112. [June]. pp. 241-247.
Description:
On the female hero of the Alien film series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
#14
Brauerhoch, Annette: Mutter - Monster, Monster - Mutter: Vom Horror der Weiblichkeit und monströser Mütterlichkeit im Horrorfilm und seinen Theorien. In: Frauen und Film 1990. No. 49. [December] pp. 21-37.
Description:
Feminist analysis on the horror film. Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Alien and James Cameron’s Aliens.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Monster ~ Monster
Mutter ~ Mothers
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#15
Briggs, Scott D.: Alien: Trilogy of terror. In: Other Dimensions 1996. No. 3. [Winter] pp. 12-24.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#16
Brimmicombe-Wood, Lee: Aliens: Colonial marines technical manual. Edited by Dave Hughes. - New York: HarperPrism 1996.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Technik ~ Technology
#17
Brooker, Will: Internet fandom and the continuing narratives of Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Alien. In: Alien zone 2: The spaces of science fiction cinema. Edited by Annette Kuhn. - London; New York: Verso Books 1999. pp. 50-73.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Internet ~ Internet
#18
Brooks, Xan: Fierce creatures. In: Post Magazine [South China Morning Post HK], November 1, 2009. pp. 26-28.
Description:
On the 30th anniversary of Ridley Scott’s Alien, the sequels and the follow-up’s by various directors.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (1979)
Alien (Filmreihe)
#19
Bukatman, Scott Richard: Terminal identity: The virtual subject in postmodern science fiction. - New York: New York University, Ph.D. 1992. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 53. 1993. No. 8. (February) p. 2579A.]
Description:
Discusses also some fantastic films, among them David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and The Fly, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop and the Terminator films by James Cameron as well as the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Cronenberg, David
Scott, Ridley
Verhoeven, Paul
Cameron, James
Videodrome (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Fly, The (1986)
Robocop (1987)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Cyberspace ~ Cyberspace
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#20
Bukatman, Scott Richard: Terminal identity: The virtual subject in postmodern science fiction. - Durham, North Carolina; London: Duke University Press 1993.
Reviews:
Bonner, Frances: [untitled.] In: Foundation 1994. No. 60. [?D] pp. 108-112.
Byers, Thomas B.: [untitled.] In: American Literature 67. 1995. No. 2. [?D] pp. 424-425.
Clute, John: [untitled.] In: The Times Literary Supplement. October 1, 1993. p. 22.
Fischer, Norman: [untitled] In: Extrapolation 35. 1994. No. 3. [?D] pp. 257-259.
Gordon, Andrew: [untitled.] In: Science Fiction Studies 20. 1993. No. 3(61). [?D] pp. 444-448.
Hollinger, Veronica: [untitled.] In: Utopian Studies 6. 1995. No. 1. [?D] pp. 126-128.
Land, Nick: [untitled.] In: Textual Practice 9. 1995. No. 3. [?D] pp. 512-514.
Porush, David: [untitled.] In: Modern Fiction Studies 42. 1996. No. 1. [?D] pp. 224-227.
Rickman, Gregg: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 49. 1995. No. 1. [Fall] pp. 60-61.
Russell, Catherine: [untitled.] In: Canadian Journal of Film Studies 5. 1996. No. 1. [?D] pp. 79-82.
Description:
Discusses also some fantastic films, among them David Cronenberg’s Videodrome and The Fly, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop and the Terminator films by James Cameron as well as the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Cronenberg, David
Scott, Ridley
Verhoeven, Paul
Cameron, James
Videodrome (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Fly, The (1986)
Robocop (1987)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Cyberspace ~ Cyberspace
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#21
Byars, Jackie: Symposium on Alien. In: Science Fiction Studies 7. 1980. No. ?N(?N). [?D] pp. 278-304.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#22
Cantin, Lucie: Aliens or Staging the trauma. In: Lacan, politics, aesthetics. Edited by Willy Apollon and Richard Feldstein. - Albany: State University of New York Press 1996. (= SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture.) pp. 315-323.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Politik ~ Politics
#23
Catalan, Zelma: Aliens, predators and global issues: The evolution of a narrative formula. In: Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación / Culture, Language and Representation 2010. No. 8. [?D] pp. 43-55.
Index:
Anderson, Paul W. S.
Alien (Filmreihe)
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#24
Chen, Peng Xiang / Lin, Jian Guo: Yi Xing. In: Chung Wai Literary Monthly 22. 1993. No. 3. [?D] pp. 73-91.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#25
Chiarella, Chris: Five feet of terror. In: Home Theater 11. 2004. No. 2. [February] pp. 138-140.
Description:
On a DVD edition of the Alien quadrology.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
DVD ~ DVD
#26
Clough, Patricia Ticineto: "The final girl" in the fictions of science and culture. In: Stanford Humanities Review 2. 1992. No. 2/3. [Spring] pp. 57-69.
Description:
On the robot motif in film. Discusses, among others, the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Wissenschaft ~ Science
Roboter ~ Robots
#27
Combs, James: Pox-eclipse now: The dystopian imagination in contemporary popular movies. In: Crisis cinema: The apocalyptic idea in postmodern narrative film. Edited by Christopher Sharrett. - Washington, D.C.: Maisonneuve Press 1993. (= PostModernPositions 6.) pp. 17-35.
Description:
Discusses also a lot of fantastic films, among them the Die Hard series by John McTiernan and Renny Harlin as well as Sigorney Weaver’s role in the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
McTiernan, John Harlin, Renny
Weaver, Sigourney
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard II (1990)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Die Hard (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Utopie ~ Utopia
Postmoderne ~ Postmodern
Politik ~ Politics
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse
#28
Constable, Catherine: Becoming the monster’s mother: Morphologies of identity in the Alien series. In: Alien zone 2: The spaces of science fiction cinema. Edited by Annette Kuhn. - London; New York: Verso Books 1999. pp. 173-202.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Mutter ~ Mothers
Monster ~ Monster
#29
Cooke, Bill: The Alien quadrilogy. In: Video Watchdog 2004. No. 106. [April] pp. 22-43.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#30
Creed, Barbara: Alien and the monstrous-feminine (1990). In: Science fiction and cultural theory: A reader. Edited by Sherryl Vint. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge 2016. (= Routledge literature readers.) p. ?P.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#31
Creed, Barbara: Horror and the monstrous-feminine: An imaginary abjection. In: Feminist film theory: A reader. Edited by Sue Thornham. - New York: New York University Press 1999. p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien, The Thing, Body Snatcher and Poltergeist films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Thing, The (Filmreihe)
Body Snatcher (Filmreihe)
Poltergeist (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#32
Creed, Barbara: Horror and the monstrous-feminine: An imaginary abjection. In: The dread of difference: Gender and the horror film. Edited by Barry Keith Grant. Second edition. - Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press 2015. (= Texas film and media studies.) p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, die Alien, The Thing, Body Snatcher and Poltergeist films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Thing, The (Filmreihe)
Body Snatcher (Filmreihe)
Poltergeist (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
Horror ~ Horror
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#33
Creed, Barbara: Horror and the monstrous-feminine: An imaginary abjection. In: Screen 27. 1986. No. 1. [January/February] pp. 44-70.
Description:
Discusses, among others, die Alien, The Thing, Body Snatcher and Poltergeist films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Thing, The (Filmreihe)
Body Snatcher (Filmreihe)
Poltergeist (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#34
Creed, Barbara: Horror and the monstrous-feminine: An imaginary abjection. In: The dread of difference: Gender and the horror film. Edited by Barry Keith Grant. - Austin: University of Texas Press 1996. (= Texas film studies.) pp. 35-65.
Description:
Discusses, among others, die Alien, The Thing, Body Snatcher and Poltergeist films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Thing, The (Filmreihe)
Body Snatcher (Filmreihe)
Poltergeist (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#35
Creed, Barbara: Horror and the monstrous-feminine: An imaginary abjection. In: Fantasy and the cinema: A reader. Edited by James Donald. - London: British Film Institute 1989. pp. 63-90.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien, The Thing, Body Snatcher and Poltergeist films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Thing, The (Filmreihe)
Body Snatcher (Filmreihe)
Poltergeist (Filmreihe)
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
#36
Creed, Barbara: The neomyth in film: The woman warrior from Joan of Arc to Ellen Ripley. In: Women willing to fight: The fighting woman in film. Edited by Silke Andris and Ursula Frederick. - Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars 2007.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Krieg ~ War
Jeanne d’Arc ~ Joan of Arc
Frauen ~ Women
Action ~ Action
#37
Csicsery-Ronay Jr., Istvan: On the grotesque in science fiction. In: Science Fiction Studies 29. 2002. No. 1(?N). [March] pp. 71-99.
Description:
Discusses, as examples, the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#38
Dadlez, Eva: Paradox and transcendence in Alien3: Ripley through the eyes of Simone de Beauvoir. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 60 ff.
Index:
Fincher, David
de Beauvoir, Simone
Alien (Filmreihe)
Alien 3 (1992)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Religion ~ Religion
Aliens ~ Aliens
#39
Davis, Jason: Galaxies of terror in a knock-off universe: Atavism and the rip-off body horror of "Aliensploitation" films. In: Horror in space: Critical essays on a film subgenre. Edited by Michele Brittany. - Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company 2017. pp. 194 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
Körper ~ Bodies
Exploitation ~ Exploitation
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Horror ~ Horror
#40
de Lorenzi, Kenneth T.: Ripleys børn: Den monstrøse teknologi i Alien-filmene. In: Kosmorama 49. 2003. No. 231. [Summer] pp. 155-161.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Technik ~ Technology
#41
Dick, Bernard F.: The Alien films and Baudrillard’s phases of simulation. In: Dick, Bernard F.: The screen is red: Hollywood, communism, and the Cold War. - Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 2016. p. ?P.
Index:
Baudrillard, Jean
Alien (Filmreihe)
Politik ~ Politics
Krieg ~ War
Kommunismus ~ Communism
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
#42
Dielissen, Carina: Reproducing Ripley. In: The science fiction film reader. Edited by Gregg Rickman. - New York: Limelight Editions 2004. p. ?P.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Roboter ~ Robots
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#43
Doherty, Thomas: Genre, gender and the Alien trilogy. In: The dread of difference: Gender and the horror film. Edited by Barry Keith Grant. - Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press 1996. (= Texas Film Studies.) pp. 181-199.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Horror ~ Horror
#44
Doherty, Thomas: Genre, gender, and the Aliens trilogy. In: The dread of difference: Gender and the horror film. Edited by Barry Keith Grant. Second edition. - Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press 2015. (= Texas film and media studies.) p. ?P.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Horror ~ Horror
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#45
Döring, Lutz: Erweckung zum Tod: Eine kritische Untersuchung zu Funktionsweise, Ideologie und Metaphysik der Horror- und Science-Fiction-Filme Alien 1-4. - Düsseldorf: Universität Düsseldorf, Dissertation 2005.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Tod ~ Death
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
Politik ~ Politics
Horror ~ Horror
#46
Döring, Lutz: Erweckung zum Tod: Eine kritische Untersuchung zu Funktionsweise, Ideologie und Metaphysik der Horror- und Science-Fiction-Filme Alien 1-4. - Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann 2006.
Reviews:
Orth, Dominik: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2006. No. 4. pp. 443-444.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Tod ~ Death
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Religion ~ Religion
Politik ~ Politics
Horror ~ Horror
#47
Dukowski, Lisa: "Ripleys Erben" - Zur Marginalisierung weiblichen Heldentums: Die Rolle der Frau zwischen Überzeichnung, Domestizierung und Bestrafung im US-amerikanischen Science-Fiction-Film seit 1979. - Siegen: Universitätsbibliothek der Universität Siegen, Diplomarbeit 2015.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
#48
Eby, Douglas: Contact: Tom Skerritt: The Alien actor mulls a return trip to outer space. In: Cinefantastique 29. 1997. No. 2. [August] pp. 32-34.
Index:
Zemeckis, Robert
Skerritt, Tom
Contact (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
#49
Eby, Douglas: Deep Rising: It’s Alien on the water in this ocean-going sci-fi tale. In: Cinefantastique 29. 1998. No. 10. [February] pp. 10-11.
Index:
Sommers, Stephen
Deep Rising (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Meer ~ Sea
#50
Edmonds, Lisa: Here there be monsters: Ellen Ripley redefines the science fiction hero(ine). In: The image of the hero in literature, media and society: Selected papers 2004 Conference Society for the interdisciplinary study of social imagery, March 2004. Edited by Will Wright and Steven Kaplan. - Colorado Springs, Colorado; Pueblo, Colorado: Society for the interdisciplinary study of social imagery / Colorado State University at Pueblo 2004. pp. 126-130.
Description:
On the character of Ellen Ripley in the Alien films.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Monster ~ Monster
Literatur ~ Literature
Helden ~ Heros
#51
Fitzgerald, Lauren: (In)alienable rights: Property, feminism, and the female body from Ann Radcliffe to the Alien films. In: Romanticism on the Net 2001. No. 21. [?D] p. ?P.
Index:
Radcliffe, Ann
Alien (Filmreihe)
Körper ~ Bodies
Frauen ~ Women
Aliens ~ Aliens
#52
Flynn, John L.: Dissecting Aliens: Terror in space. - London: Boxtree 1995.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Weltraum ~ Space
#53
Fordham, Joe: Alien genesis: Prometheus. In: Cinefex 2012. No. 130. [July] p. ?P.
Description:
On the special effects by MPC, Weta Digital, Fuel VFX and Luma Pictures. Discusses especially the work of visual effects supervisor Richard Stammers and of effects designers Neal Scanlan and Conor O’Sullivan.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Stammers, Richard
Scanlan, Neal
O’Sullivan, Conor
Prometheus (2012)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
Luma Pictures [Firma] ~ Luma Pictures [Company]
Fuel VFX [Firma] ~ Fuel VFX [Company] | Fuel
Weta [Firma] ~ Weta [Company]
Moving Picture Company, The [Firma] ~ Moving Picture Company, The [Company]
#54
Freeland, Cynthia A.: The naked and the undead: Evil and the appeal of horror. - Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press 2000. (= Thinking through Cinema.)
Reviews:
Friday Jonathan: [untitled] In: The British Journal of Aesthetics 41. 2001. No. 4. [?D] pp. 458-460.
Jarvie, Ian: [untitled] In: Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 59. 2001. No. 4. [?D] pp. 433-434.
Radner, Hilary: [untitled] In: Hypatia [Bloomington] 18. 2003. No. 2. [?D] pp. 215-222.
Description:
Includes chapters on mad scientists and monstrous mothers as well as chapters on the vampire and the disaster film. Discusses especially Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs, Roman Polanski’s Repulsion, David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers, Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Neil Jordan’s Interview with the Vampire, Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, David Lynch’s Eraserhead, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, the Fly films and the Frankenstein and the Alien series.
Index:
Hooper, Tobe
Demme, Jonathan
Polanski, Roman
Cronenberg, David
Coppola, Francis Ford
Jordan, Neil
Hitchcock, Alfred
Kubrick, Stanley
Lynch, David
Barker, Clive
Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (1974)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1990)
Repulsion (1965)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Frenzy (1971)
Shining, The (1980)
Eraserhead (1977)
Hellraiser (1987)
Frankenstein (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Fly, The (Filmreihe)
Katastrophen ~ Disasters
Vampire ~ Vampires
Mutter ~ Mothers
Wissenschaft ~ Science
Wahnsinn ~ Madness
Horror ~ Horror
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
#55
Gallardo, Ximena / Smith, C. Jason: Alien woman: The making of Lt. Ellen Ripley. - New York; London: Continuum 2004.
Reviews:
George, Susan A.: [untitled] In: Post Script 23. 2004. No. 2. [Winter/Spring] pp. 88-91.
Hanes, Stacie L.: [untitled] In: Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 16. 2005. No. 2. [?D] pp. 155-157.
Hollinger, Veronica: [untitled.] In: Science Fiction Studies 32. 2005. No. 3(?N). [?D] pp. 521-523.
Kapell, Matthew: [untitled] In: Extrapolation 46. 2005. No. 1. [?D] pp. 142-144.
Palmer, Lorrie: [untitled] In: Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts 16. 2006. No. 4. [?D] pp. 385-389.
Description:
On the representation of the sex roles in the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Frauen ~ Women
#56
Gangkofer, Ludwig / Mahmoud, Mona / Zauner, Kathrin: Alien: eine Kultfilmreihe. - Landshut: Weber Fachverlag für Filmliteratur 2007.
Reviews:
Heinz, Rainer: [untitled.] In: Film-Dienst 61. 2008. No. 19. [September 11] pp. 40-41.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#57
Gerle, Jörg: Alien - Die Tetralogie. In: Film-Dienst 53. 2000. No. 16. [August 1] pp. 40-41.
Description:
On a DVD edition of the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
DVD ~ DVD
#58
Gibson, Pamela Church: "You’ve been in my life so long I can’t remember anything else": Into the labyrinth with Ripley and the alien. In: Keyframes: Popular cinema and cultural studies. Edited by Matthew Tinkcom and Amy Villarejo. - London; New York: Routledge 2001. pp. 35-51.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Labyrinth ~ Labyrinth
Aliens ~ Aliens
Martial Art ~ Martial Art
#59
Giger, H. R.: Giger’s Alien: Film Design, 20th Century Fox. Überarbeitet von Mia Bonzanigo. - Basel: Sphinx 1979.
Index:
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#60
Goode, Tabitha: Abstract representational space: Uncanny aliens and others (Pandora, or Prometheus’s return). In: Camera Obscura ?G. 1997. No. 40/41. [May] pp. 40-41, 245-274.
Description:
On female characters in science fiction films, especially in the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Frauen ~ Women
Prometheus ~ Prometheus
Angst ~ Fear
Aliens ~ Aliens
#61
Goodnow, Katherine: Modre, fodsler og den kvinnelige tilskuer. In: Z Filmtidsskrift ?G. 1991. No. 4(?N). [?D] pp. 14-21.
Description:
On women in horror film, especially in the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#62
Gough, K.: Alien receptions: Boundary contagion, generic pollution and Ripley as a shifting cultural signifier. - Nottingham: University of Nottingham, Ph.D. 2010. [Abstract in: Index to Theses with Abstracts 60-1317.]
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien (Filmreihe)
#63
Gough, Kerry: Translation creativity and Alien econ(c)omics: From Hollywood blockbuster to Dark Horse comic book. In: Film and comic books. Edited by Ian Gordon, Mark Jancovich and Matthew P. McAllister. - Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 2007. p. ?P.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Hollywood ~ Hollywood
Animation ~ Animation
Animation: Comics ~ Animation: Comics
#64
Graham, Elizabeth: Afterword. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 123 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Aliens ~ Aliens
#65
Graham, Elizabeth: Aliens’ Ellen Ripley: Ambiguous interpretations and her autonomy. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 99 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Aliens ~ Aliens
#66
Graham, Elizabeth: Introduction. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 1 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Aliens ~ Aliens
#67
Greenberg, Harvey R.: Fembo: Aliens’ intentions. In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 15. 1988. No. 4. [Winter] pp. 165-171.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#68
Greven, David: Demeter and Persephone in space: Transformation, femininity, and myth in the Alien films. In: Greven, David: Representations of femininity in American genre cinema: The woman’s film, film noir, and modern horror. - New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2011. p. ?P.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
Persephone ~ Persephone
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Demeter ~ Demeter
Horror ~ Horror
Film Noir ~ Film Noir
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Frauen ~ Women
#69
Greven, David: Demeter and Persephone in space: Transformation, femininity, and myth in the Alien films. In: Jump Cut 2010. No. 52. [Spring] p. 23.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
Persephone ~ Persephone
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Frauen ~ Women
Demeter ~ Demeter
#70
Grindon, Leger: 1986: Movies and fissures in Reagan’s America. In: American cinema of the 1980s: Themes and variations. Edited by Stephen Prince. - New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 2007. (= Screen decades.) pp. 145-166.
Description:
Discusses, among others, David Lynch’s Blue Velvet and the Alien films.
Index:
Reagan, Ronald
Lynch, David
Blue Velvet (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Politik ~ Politics
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
#71
Grundmann, Wolfgang: Die Zukunft des Körpers? Schmerz und simulierte Empfindung im Science-fiction-Film. In: Kino der Extreme: Kulturanalytische Studien. Hrsg. von Marcus Stiglegger. - St. Augustin: gardez! Verlag 2002. (= Filmstudien 8.) pp. 118-130.
Description:
Discusses especially the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Utopie ~ Utopia
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Körper ~ Bodies
#72
Häger, Kathrin: Alien: Covenant: RidleyScott schlägt eine Brücke von Prometheus zu der Alien-Saga. In: Film-Dienst 70. 2017. No. 11. [May 25] pp. 36-37.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Prometheus (2012)
Alien (Filmreihe)
#73
Hansen, Miriam Bratu: Gewaltwahrnehmung und feministische Filmtheorie: Benjamin, Kracauer und der neue "Gewalt-Frauenfilm". In: Frauen und Film 1995. No. 56/57. [?D] pp. 25-38.
Description:
On films with a violent female hero. Discusses, among others, the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher, the two Terminator films by James Cameron and David Lynch’s Blue Velvet.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Cameron, James
Scott, Ridley
Lynch, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Terminator, The (1984)
Terminator II - Judgement Day (1991)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Helden ~ Heros
Gewalt ~ Violence
Frauen ~ Women
#74
Hansmann, Judith: Der Alienmythos als Konstrukt von Körperlichkeit und Sexualität: Die Frau als Monster und Mutter. - Berlin: Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Seminararbeit 1999/2000.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Mutter ~ Mothers
Monster ~ Monster
Körper ~ Bodies
Aliens ~ Aliens
#75
Hantke, Steffen: In the belly of the mechanical beast: Technological environments in the Alien films. In: Journal of Popular Culture 36. 2003. No. 3. [Winter] pp. 518-546.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Technik ~ Technology
Natur ~ Nature
#76
Hardcastle, Valerie Gray: Changing perspectives on motherhood: lmages from the Aliens trilogy. In: Film and Philosophy 1996. No. 3. [?D] pp. 167-175.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Mutter ~ Mothers
#77
Hayes, Dade: Alien set is out of this world. In: Variety 392. 2003. No. 13. [October 11] p. 10.
Description:
On a DVD edition of the Alien quadrology.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
DVD ~ DVD
#78
Hermann, Chad: "Some horrible dream about (s)mothering": Sexuality, gender, and family in the Alien trilogy. In: Post Script 16. 1997. No. 3. [Summer] pp. 36-50.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Traum ~ Dreams
Familie ~ Family
Mutter ~ Mothers
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#79
Hinkel, Arnulf: Invasion der Plagiate. In: Moviestar 5. 1997. No. 12(35). [December] pp. 58-59.
Description:
On films trying to copy the success of the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#80
Hoffman, A. Borin: How to see the horror: The hostile fetus in Rosemary’s Baby and Alien. In: Lit: Literature, Interpretation, Theory 22. 2011. No. 3. [?D] pp. 239-261.
Index:
Polanski, Roman
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Mutter ~ Mothers
Horror ~ Horror
#81
Horror-Thriller. In: Thriller: Kino, das an den Nerven zerrt: Verhängnisvolle Affären, manische Psychopathen und ultracoole Cops. Hrsg. von Dirk Manthey und Jörg Altendorf. Redaktion: Willy Loderhose. Autoren: Adolf Heinzelmeier und Tilo Knops. - Hamburg: Kino Verlag 1991. (= Cinema Filmbuch.) pp. 86-93.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Adrian Lyne’s Jacob’s Ladder, Alan Parker’s Angel Heart, the Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher as well as the Cat People films by Paul Schrader and Jacques Tourneur.
Index:
Lyne, Adrian
Parker, Alan
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Tourneur, Jacques
Schrader, Paul
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Angel Heart (1987)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Cat People (1942)
Cat People (1982)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Cat People (Filmreihe)
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Thriller ~ Thriller
#82
Howard, J.: The Alien trilogy and the representation of gender - an existentialist/Marxist analysis. - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire: Keele University, M.Phil. 1995. [Abstract in: Index to Theses with Abstracts 46. 1997. No. 1. p. 25(46-199).]
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Existentialismus ~ Existentialism
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#83
Hurka, Herbert M.: Filmdämonen: Nosferatu, das Alien, der Terminator und die anderen. - Marburg: Tectum 2004.
Reviews:
Höltgen, Stefan: "Dämonisierung ist Arbeit unter Legitimationszwang". In: F.LM - Texte zum Film. Online edition, September 2004.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Dämonen ~ Demons
Aliens ~ Aliens
Roboter ~ Robots
Vampire ~ Vampires
#84
Huschke, Roland: Alien 4: Resurrection. In: Cinema [Hamburg] 1997. No. 12(235). [?D] pp. 72-77.
Description:
Includes also reviews of and background information on the other Alien films.
Index:
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
#85
Jelinek, Elfriede: Ritterin des gefährlichen Platzes. In: Meteor 1997. No. 11. [December] p. ?P.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the represenation of the woman in Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and in the Alien films and especially the performance of Sigourney Weaver.
Index:
Lang, Fritz
Weaver, Sigourney
Metropolis (1925/1926)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
#86
Jennings, Ros: Desire and design: Ripley undressed. In: Immortal, invisible: Lesbians and the moving image. Edited by Tamsin Wilton. - London; New York: Routledge 1995. pp. 193-206.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Tod ~ Death
Sexualität: Homosexualität ~ Sexuality: Homosexuality
#87
Jones, Alan: Queen of outer space. In: Cinefantastique 23. 1992. No. 4. [December] pp. 6-9.
Description:
On actress Sigourney Weaver and her roles in the various Alien films.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
#88
Kaveney, Roz: From Alien to The Matrix: Reading science fiction film. - London; New York: Tauris 2005.
Reviews:
Hipple, Dave: [untitled.] In: Foundation 2006. No. 98. [?D] pp. 145-152.
Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm: [untitled] In: Extrapolation 47. 2006. No. 2. [?D] pp. 324-327.
Taylor, Henry M.: [untitled.] In: Journal of Popular Film and Television 37. 2009. No. 4. [?D] p. 199.
Index:
Wachowski, Andy
Wachowski, Larry
Alien (Filmreihe)
Matrix, The (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#89
Knight, Gladys L.: Female action heroes: A guide to women in comics, video games, film, and television. - Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood 2010.
Description:
Includes, among others, chapters on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Xena: Warrior Princess, Charlie’s Angels, the Alien, Star Wars and the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider series, Catwoman and Emma Peel.
Index:
Lucas, George
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Xena: Warrior Princess (TV)
Charlie’s Angels (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (Filmreihe)
Video ~ Video
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
Fernsehen ~ Television
Animation: Comics ~ Animation: Comics
Action ~ Action
#90
Kühn, Heike: Die unbefleckte Empfängnis: Zu den Filmen des Alien-Zyklus. In: Nach dem Ende: Auflösung und Untergänge im Kino an der Jahrtausendwende. Herausgegeben von Margrit Frölich, Reinhard Middel und Karsten Visarius. - Marburg: Schüren 2001. (= Arnoldshainer Filmgespräche 17.) pp. 70-86.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Religion: Apokalypse ~ Religion: Apocalypse
#91
Labarre, Nicolas: Alien as a comic book: Adaptation and genre shifting. In: Extrapolation 55. 2014. No. 1. [?D] pp. 75-94.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Animation: Comics ~ Animation: Comics
Aliens ~ Aliens
#92
Ladies, Vamps, Companions: Schauspielerinnen im Kino. Hrsg. von Norbert Grob und Susanne Marshall. - St. Augustin: Gardez! Verlag 2000.
Description:
Includes an article on Sigourney Weaver and her roles in the Alien series.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
#93
Lambert, Helene: Dichotomie proteiforme: L’homme et les autres dans la litterature cyberpunk. - Montréal, Québec: Concordia University (Canada), M.A. 2009. [Abstract in: Masters Abstracts International 49. 2011. No. 2. (April)]
Description:
On the representation of women, robots and artificial intelligence in cyberpunk science fiction. Discusses, among others, the character of Ellen Ripley in the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#94
Let Ripley rest. In: Film Review 2008. No. 697 [July] pp. 11 ff.
Description:
On Sigourney Weaver’s role als Ltd. Ripley in the Alien films.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
#95
Leyland, Matthew: Something in our spaceship. In: Sight and Sound NS 14. 2004. No. 2. [February] p. 68.
Description:
On a DVD edition of the four Alien films.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
DVD ~ DVD
#96
Lindner, Silvia: Von Tadzios und Tootsies: Androgynie im Film. - St. Augustin: gardez! Verlag 2003. (= Filmstudien 28.)
Reviews:
Eckart, Frank: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2004. No. 1. pp. 99-100.
Index:
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Sexualität: Androgynität ~ Sexuality: Androgynity
#97
Luscombe, Belinda: 10 Questions. In: Time 180. 2012. No. 3. [July 16] p. 64.
Description:
Interview with Sigourney Weaver, especially on her role as in the Alien" films.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
#98
Maguffee, T. D.: Sigourney Weaver. - New York: St. Martin’s Press 1989. (= A Thomas Dunne book.)
Description:
On the main actress from the Alien films.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
#99
Maurer, Yael: The monstrous feminine: Reimagining aliens in American horror films. In: A history of evil in popular culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and vampires reveal about America:. Edited by Sharon Packer and Jody Pennington. - Santa Barbara, California: Praeger 2014. pp. 173 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
Aliens ~ Aliens
Politik ~ Politics
Vampire ~ Vampires
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
#100
McRoy, Jimmy: "T’aint no sin to take off your skin": Splattering bodies in the culture of late capitalism. - Stony Brook, New York: State University of New York at Stony Brook, Ph.D. 2000. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 61. 2000. No. 5. (November) p. 1842.]
Description:
An interpretation of body horror in literature and film as a symbol of Western capitalism. Discusses, among others, the extraterrestrials in the Alien films and in Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day, the zombies in George A. Romero’s Living Dead trilogy and the splatterpunk motif in Clive Barker’s novels and films.
Index:
Emmerich, Roland
Romero, George A.
Barker, Clive
Alien (Filmreihe)
Independence Day (1996)
Living Dead (Filmreihe)
Zombies ~ Zombies
Splatter-Filme ~ Splatter Films
Punk ~ Punk
Politik ~ Politics
Literatur ~ Literature
Körper ~ Bodies
Horror ~ Horror
#101
Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Aliens ~ Aliens
#102
Mehring, Frank: Musikalische DNA: Die komplette Filmmusik zu Alien. In: Film-Dienst 61. 2008. No. 19. [September 11] pp. 40-41.
Description:
On a CD edition.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Musik ~ Music
#103
Meininger, Sylvestre: Corps mortels: L’évolution du personnage de Ripley dans la trilogie Alien. In: Cinémas 7. 1996. No. 1/2. [Autumn] pp. 121-150.
Description:
On Sigourney Weaver’s representation of the main female character in the film series.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
Tod ~ Death
Körper ~ Bodies
#104
Memmi, Dominique: Alien, ou les dents de l’autre. In: Vertigo 1997. No. 16. [January] pp. 182-188.
Description:
On social criticism concerning the American society in the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
#105
Miles, Geoff / Moore, Carol: Phantasies of the maternal body in the Alien trilogy: Explorations, prosthetics and sacrifice. In: Cineaction 1992. No. 30. [Winter] pp. 54-62.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Phantasie ~ Fantasy
Opfer ~ Sacrifice
Körper ~ Bodies
#106
Moore, George: The Alien feminist. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 12 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Frauen ~ Women
Aliens ~ Aliens
#107
Norton, Bill / Shay, Don: Aliens:The special effects. - London: Titan Books 1997.
Description:
On the special effects for Ridley Scott’s Alien, James Cameron’s Aliens and David Fincher’s Alien 3.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
#108
Nungesser, Verena-Susanna: Gender Trouble in Outer Space: Die Alien-Tetralogie als Abbild zeitgenössischer Geschlechterkonfusionen. In: Von Mittelerde bis in die Weiten des Alls: Fantasy und Science-Fiction in Literatur und Film: Tagungsband zum Symposion 2005. Hrsg. von Maren Bonacker und Stefanie Kreizer. - Wetzlar: Phantastische Bibliothek 2006. (= Schriftenreihe und Materialien der Phantastischen Bibliothek Wetzlar 94.) pp. 173 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
#109
Nusser, Tanja: "Wie sonst das Zeugen Mode war": Reproduktionstechnologien in Literatur und Film. - Freiburg/Breisgau; Berlin; Wien: Rombach 2011. (= Rombach-Wissenschaften, Reihe Litterae 184.)
Reviews:
Esselborn, Hans: [untitled.] In: Germanistik 52. 2011. No. 3/4. pp. 634-635.
Description:
Includes a chapter on "Artificial reproduction in science fiction film" (German: "Artifizielle Reproduktionen im Sci-Fi-Film" which discusses the Matrix and the Alien series and another chapter on cyborg babies, especially in Lynn Hershman-Leeson’s Teknolust.
Index:
Wachowski, Andy
Wachowski, Larry
Hershman-Leeson, Lynn
Matrix, The (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Teknolust (2002)
Technik ~ Technology
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Roboter ~ Robots
Literatur ~ Literature
Krankheit ~ Illness
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#110
Operation Höllenfahrt: Astronautin gegen Alien. In: Der Horror-Film. Hrsg. von Dirk Manthey und Jörg Altendorf. Band 2. Autoren: Peter Clasen, Joachim Müller und Kerstin Schlemmer. - Hamburg: Kino Verlag 1991. (= Cinema Filmbuch.) pp. 32-41.
Description:
On the Alien films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Religion: Hölle ~ Religion: Hell
Horror ~ Horror
#111
Ott, Michaela: Phantasma: Symbolische Ordnung im Zeichen des Blockbuster-Films. - München: Edition text + kritik 2005.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien, Jurassic Park and Matrix series as well as M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense, Robert Zemeckis’s Contact and Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day.
Index:
Spielberg, Steven
Wachowski, Andy
Wachowski, Larry
Shyamalan, M. Night
Zemeckis, Robert
Emmerich, Roland
Alien (Filmreihe)
Jurassic Park (Filmreihe)
Matrix, The (Filmreihe)
Sixth Sense, The (1999)
Contact (1997)
Independence Day (1996)
#112
Palmer, William J.: The films of the eighties: A social history. - Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press 1993.
Reviews:
Prince, Stephen: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 47. 1994. No. 4. [Summer] pp. 41-42.
Description:
Includes a chapter on the science fiction film. Discusses, among others, Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Paul Verhoeven’s Robocop and Total Recall as well as the Alien series.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Verhoeven, Paul
Blade Runner (1982)
Robocop (1987)
Total Recall (1990)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#113
Peinkofer, Michael / Raum-Deinzer, Uwe: Aliens: Im Weltraum hört dich niemand schreien! In: Moviestar 5. 1997. No. 12(35). [December] pp. 52-60.
Description:
On the history of the Alien films. Includes a filmography.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
#114
Pharr, Mary: Synthetics, humanity, and life force in the Alien quartet. In: No cure for the future: Disease and medicine in science fiction and fantasy. Edited by Gary Westfahl and George Slusser. - Westport, Connecticut; London: Greenwood Press 2002. (= Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy 102.) pp. 133-139.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Utopie ~ Utopia
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Fantasy ~ Fantasy
Krankheit ~ Illness
#115
Pilkington, Ed: High and mighty. In: South China Morning Post [HK], December 13, 2009. Section Sight&Sound, p. 8.
Description:
On the career of Alien actress Sigourney Weaver.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
#116
Preußer, Heinz-Peter: Arterhaltung, Hybridisierung, Verschmelzung: Das imaginierte Böse in den Alien-Filmen von Ridley Scott bis Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In: Anschauen und Vorstellen: Gelenkte Imagination im Kino. Hrsg. von Heinz-Peter Preußer. - Marburg: Schüren 2014. (= Schriftenreihe zur Textualität des Films 4.) pp. 80 ff.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (Filmreihe)
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
#117
Preußer, Heinz-Peter: Arterhaltung, Hybridisierung, Verschmelzung: Das imaginierte Böse in den Alien-Filmen von Ridley Scott bis Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In: Preußer, Heinz-Peter: Transmediale Texturen: Lektüren zum Film und angrenzenden Künsten. - Marburg: Schüren 2013. (= Schriftenreihe zur Textualität des Films 3.) pp. 257-279.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Alien (Filmreihe)
Alien (1979)
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Böse, Das ~ Evil, The
Aliens ~ Aliens
#118
Rall, Veronika: Die Dyade: Ripley Inside Out. In: Künstliche Menschen - Manische Maschinen - Kontrollierte Körper. Hrsg. von Rolf Aurich, Wolfgang Jacobsen und Gabriele Jatho. - Berlin: Filmmuseum Berlin - Deutsche Kinemathek / Berlin: Jovis Verlagsbüro 2000. pp. 177-180.
Description:
On the Alien films.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Roboter ~ Robots
#119
Rizzo, Teresa: Deleuze and film: A feminist introduction. - New York: Continuum 2011.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Deleuze’s viewings of the slasher film and the Alien series.
Index:
Deleuze, Gilles
Alien (Filmreihe)
Horror ~ Horror
Frauen ~ Women
#120
Rizzo, Teresa: The Alien series: A Deleuzian perspective. In: Women 15. 2004. No. 3. [Winter] pp. 330-344.
Index:
Deleuze, Gilles
Alien (Filmreihe)
#121
Rushing, Janice Hocker: Evolution of "The New Frontier" in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal co-optation of the feminine archetype. In: The Quarterly Journal of Speech 75. 1989. No. 1. [February] pp. 1-24.
Description:
On the motif of the border crossing in the Alien films by James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Frauen ~ Women
#122
Russell, Lorena: Queer gothic and heterosexual panic in the ass-end of space. In: Gothic Studies 7. 2005. No. 2. [November] pp. 143-157.
Description:
On the Alien series.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Horror ~ Horror
#123
RUSSELL, JOHN G.: Don’t it make my black face blue: Race, avatars, albescence, and the transnational imaginary. In: Journal of Popular Culture 46. 2013. No. 1. [February] pp. 192-217.
Description:
Discusses especially the treatment of Black characters in the Star Wars and Alien series as well as in Michael Bay’s Transformers 2.
Index:
Lucas, George
Bay, Michael
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Ethnie ~ Ethnicity
Politik ~ Politics
#124
Said, S. F.: Joss Whedon about Buffy, Alien, and Firefly: The shebytches.com interview [2006]. In: Joss Whedon: Conversations. Edited by David Lavery and Cynthia Burkhead. - Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi 2011. (= Television conversations.) p. ?P.
Index:
Whedon, Joss
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Firefly (TV)
Fernsehen ~ Television
#125
Sanchez Biosca, Vicente: La répresentation du corps au cinéma. In: Cinémas 7. 1996. No. 1/2. [Autumn] pp. 5-184.
Description:
Special volume on the representation of the body in film. Discusses, among others, David Cronenberg’s Videodrome, the Alien films and the films of Tex Avery and Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Index:
Cronenberg, David
Avery, Tex
Pasolini, Pier Paolo
Videodrome (1982)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Körper ~ Bodies
#126
Sanjek, David: Same as it ever was: Innovation and exhaustion in the horror and science fiction films of the 1990s. In: Film genre 2000: New critical essays. Edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon. - Albany, New York: New York State University Press 2000. (= SUNY Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video) pp. 111-123.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Horror ~ Horror
#127
Sanna, Antonio: Reproducing the fin-de-siècle gothic with techno-gothic vampires: A comparative study of the Alien quadrilogy and Bram Stoker’s Dracula’s exile. In: Kinema 2010. No. 33. [Spring] pp. 31-44.
Index:
Stoker, Bram
Alien (Filmreihe)
Vampire ~ Vampires
Technik ~ Technology
Horror ~ Horror
Aliens ~ Aliens
Dracula (Literatur ~ Literature)
#128
Schubart, Rikke: Sigourney Weaver: The Alien series and the mother archetype. In: Schubart, Rikke: Super bitches and action babes: The female hero in popular cinema, 1970-2006. - Jefferson, Noth Carolina: McFarland & Co. 2007. p. ?P.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
Mutter ~ Mothers
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
#129
Schumacher, Florian: Das Ich und der andere Körper: Eine Kulturgeschichte des Monsters und des künstlichen Menschen. - Marburg: Tectum-Verlag 2008.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the vampire, werewolf, golem and frankenstein motif in literature and film. Includes chapters on the psychopathic mother in Jonathan Frakes’s Star Trek - First Contract, the Alien series and in the slasher film, on the cyborg in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and the Terminator series and finally on Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s Akira and Oshii Mamoru’s Ghost in the Shell.
Index:
Frakes, Jonathan
Scott, Ridley
Ôtomo, Katsuhiro
Oshii Mamoru
Star Trek - First Contact (1996)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Blade Runner (1982)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Akira (1988)
Kôkaku kidôtai (1995)
Wölfe ~ Wolves
Vampire ~ Vampires
Roboter ~ Robots
Psychologie ~ Psychology
Mutter ~ Mothers
Monster ~ Monster
Literatur ~ Literature
Körper ~ Bodies
Horror ~ Horror
Golem ~ Golem
Frankenstein ~ Frankenstein
#130
Scobie, Stephen: What’s the story, mother? The mourning of the alien. In: Science Fiction Studies 20. 1993. No. 1(59). [March] pp. 80-93.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Mutter ~ Mothers
#131
Sellers, Robert: Sigourney Weaver. - London: Robert Hale 1992.
Description:
A portrait of the main actress from the Alien series.
Index:
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien (Filmreihe)
#132
Slattery, Dennis Patrick: Demeter-Persephone and the Alien(s) cultural body. In: New Orleans Review 19. 1992. No. 1. [Spring] pp. 30-35.
Description:
On the mythological mother child motif in the Alien films by James Cameron and Ridley Scott.
Index:
Cameron, James
Scott, Ridley
Aliens (1986)
Alien (1979)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Jugend ~ Youth
Persephone ~ Persephone
Demeter ~ Demeter
Aliens ~ Aliens
Körper ~ Bodies
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Mutter ~ Mothers
#133
Swift, Susan Eleanor: Film, feminism, and the sacred: The tension of gender and mythology in popular film. - ?O: California Institute of Integral Studies, Ph.D. 1999. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 61. 2000. No. 5. (November) p. 1660A.]
Description:
Discusses, among others, John Sayles’s The Secret of Roan Inish, Sally Potter’s Orlando as well as the Alien and Terminator series.
Index:
Sayles, John
Potter, Sally
Secret of Roan Inish, The (1994)
Orlando (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Terminator (Filmreihe)
Religion ~ Religion
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Frauen ~ Women
#134
Taubin, Amy: The Alien trilogy: From feminism to AIDS. In: Women and film: A Sight and Sound reader. Edited by Pam Cook and Philip Dodd. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Temple University Press 1993. (= Culture and the Moving Image.) pp. 93-100.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Frauen ~ Women
AIDS ~ AIDS
#135
Telotte, J. P.: Verhoeven, Virilio, and "cinematic derealization". In: Film Quarterly 53. 1999/2000. No. 2. [Winter] pp. 30-38.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers and the Alien films.
Index:
Verhoeven, Paul
Virilio, Paul
Starship Troopers (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
#136
Thomson, David: Alien quartet. - London: Bloomsbury 2000. (= Bloomsbury Pocket Movie Guides.)
First edition:
[David Thomson on the Alien quartet. - London: Bloomsbury 1998]
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#137
Thomson, David: David Thomson on the Alien quartet. - London: Bloomsbury 1998. (= Bloomsbury Movie Guides 2.)
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
#138
Thomson, David: The Alien quartet. - ?O: Bloomsbury ?J (1999). (= Bloomsbury Movie Guides.)
Reviews:
Matthews, Peter: [untitled] In: Sight and Sound NS 9. 1999. No. 2. [February] p. 30.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#139
Tschiedert, Markus: "In einem Alien-Film ist kein Platz für eine Primadonna": Ein Interview mit Sigourney Weaver. In: Moviestar 5. 1998. No. 1(36). [January] pp. 56-57.
Description:
On her role in Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Alien - Resurrection.
Index:
Jeunet, Jean-Pierre
Weaver, Sigourney
Alien - Resurrection / Alien 4 (1997)
Alien (Filmreihe)
#140
Turner, Stephanie S.: Clone mothers and others: Uncanny families. In: SciFi in the mind’s eye: Reading science through science fiction. Edited by Margret Grebowicz. - Chicago, Illinois: Open Court 2007. pp. 101-113.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Mutter ~ Mothers
Gentechnik ~ Genetics
Familie ~ Family
Angst ~ Fear
Wissenschaft ~ Science
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#141
Vaughn, Thomas: Voices of sexual distortion: Rape, birth, and self annihilation metaphors in the Alien trilogy. In: The Quarterly Journal of Speech 81. 1995. No. 4. [November] pp. 423-425.
Description:
On the three Alien films by Ridley Scott, James Cameron and David Fincher.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
Geburt ~ Birth
Vergewaltigung ~ Rape
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
#142
Vohl, Thomas: "Color is against the forces of my work" (H. R. Giger): Anmerkungen zu den Alien-Filmen. In: Fantastisches Forum 3. 1993. No. 11. [June] pp. 24-32.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Fincher, David
Giger, H[ans] R[üdi]
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien (Filmreihe)
Aliens ~ Aliens
#143
Weinstock, Jeffrey A.: Freaks in space: "Extraterrestrialism" and "Deep-space multiculturalism". In: Freakery: Cultural spectacles of the extraordinary body. Edited by Rosemarie Garland Thomson. - New York: New York University Press 1996. pp. 327-337.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the Alien films.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Weltraum ~ Space
Körper ~ Bodies
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#144
Williams, Anne: Inner and outer spaces: The Alien trilogy. In: Art of darkness: A poetics of gothic. - Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press 1995. pp. 249-252.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Horror ~ Horror
Weltraum ~ Space
#145
Williams, Tess: Embodying change: (R)evolutionary theories of an alien synthesis. In: SciFi in the mind’s eye: Reading science through science fiction. Edited by Margret Grebowicz. - Chicago, Illinois: Open Court 2007. pp. 115-136.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Körper ~ Bodies
Aliens ~ Aliens
Wissenschaft ~ Science
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#146
Wood, Peter: Redressing Ripley: Disrupting the female hero. In: Meanings of Ripley: The Alien quadrilogy and gender. Edited by Elizabeth Graham. - Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars 2010. pp. 32 ff.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Sexualität ~ Sexuality
Helden ~ Heros
Frauen ~ Women
Aliens ~ Aliens
#147
Wood, Robert E.: Cross talk: The implications of generic hybridization in the Alien films. In: Studies in the Humanities 15. 1988. No. 1. [June] pp. 1-12.
Description:
On the alien motif in science fiction film; especially in the films of Ridley Scott and James Cameron.
Index:
Scott, Ridley
Cameron, James
Alien (Filmreihe)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#148
Wright, Peter: The British post-Alien intrusion film. In: British science fiction cinema. Edited by I. Q. Hunter. - London; New York: Routledge 1999. (= British Popular Cinema.) pp. 138-152.
Index:
Alien (Filmreihe)
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
Großbritannien ~ Great Britain
#149
Zanger, Anat: Film remakes as ritual and disguise: From Carmen to Ripley. - Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2006. (= Film culture in transition.)
Description:
Follows three topics in literature and film history: Joan of Arc (who is seen as a role model for Ltd. Ripley in the Alien series as well as in the character of "Bess" in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves), Carmen and Psycho.
Index:
von Trier, Lars
Hitchcock, Alfred
Alien (Filmreihe)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Psycho (1960)
Psycho (Filmreihe)
Literatur ~ Literature
Jeanne d’Arc ~ Joan of Arc
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