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Autore: | Klossner Michael |
Titolo: | Prehistoric humans in film and television : 581 dramas, comedies, and documentaries, 1905-2004 / / Michael Klossner |
Pubblicazione: | Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, , 2006 |
©2006 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791.43/652 |
791.43652 | |
Soggetto topico: | Prehistoric peoples in motion pictures |
Prehistoric peoples on television | |
Motion pictures | |
Television programs | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""I. Fictional Works in Prehistorical Settings""; ""II. Documentaries""; ""III. Fictional Works in Historical, Modern and Extraterrestrial Settings""; ""Appendix A: Misleading Titles, Unknown Contents, Aborted and Proposed Projects""; ""Appendix B: Post-Apocalypse Primitives in Film and Television""; ""Appendix C: Outstanding Performances as Prehistoric Characters""; ""Appendix D: The Creationist Challenge: Productions That Question the Existence of Prehistoric Humans""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index "" |
Sommario/riassunto: | From the early days of the movies, ""cavemen"" have been a popular subject for filmmakers--not surprisingly, since the birth of cinema occurred only a few decades after the earliest scientific studies of prehistoric man. Filmmakers, however, were not constrained by the emerging science; instead they most often took a comedic look at prehistory, a trend that continued throughout the 20th century. Prehistoric humans also populated adventure-fantasy films, with the original One Million B.C. (1940) leading the charge. Documentaries were also made, but it was not until the 1970s that accurate film |
Titolo autorizzato: | Prehistoric humans in film and television |
ISBN: | 1-4766-0914-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808110003321 |
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