Module B: The Atomic Age - Disaster Imagination

Module B: The Atomic Age – Disaster Imagination

Week 3 -  September 16, 2013

Gojira (Godzilla) , 1954, 98 minutes, Japan, Director Ishiro Honda

Reading Assignment:

Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction Film Reader

Two – Science Fiction’s Disaster Imagination – pg 37-39

The Imagination of Disaster by Susan Sontag – pg 40-47

On Reserve KC:

Atomic Café, 1982, 86 minutes, USA, Directors Jayne Loader and Kevin Rafferty

Week 4 – September 23, 2013

The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951, 92 minutes, USA, Director Robert Wise

(class will meet at the Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center!)

On Reserve KC:
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956, 80 minutes, USA, Director Don Seigel

Reading Assignment:

Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction Film ReaderRe-examining the 1950’s Invasion Narratives, Mark Jancovich pgs 325-336

Week 5 – September 30, 2013

The Thing, 1951, 87 minutes, USA, Director Christian Nyby

On Reserve KC:
Them, 1954, 94 minutes, USA, Director Gordon Douglas (on VHS)

Reading Assignment:

Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction Film Reader

Eight: Look to the Skies! 1950’s Science Fiction Invasion Narratives 316-317
The Russians are Coming, Aren’t They? Them! And The Thing by Peter Biskind pgs 318-324