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The spacesuit film

by Gary Westfahl

Cover of The spacesuit film

"This critical history comprehensively examines science fiction films that portray space travel realistically by having characters wear spacesuits. It discusses classics; innumerable films which gesture toward realism but betray that goal with melodramatic villains, low comedy, or improbably monsters; the distinctive spacesuit films of Western Europe, Russia and Japan; and America's televised Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)"--Provided by publisher.

Outer space in motion picturesHistory and criticismAstronauts in motion picturesScience fiction filmsSpace flights in motion picturesFilm criticismMotion pictures, history