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THE ART OF CLASSIC SCI-FI MOVIES - ADAM NEWELL ...

From the dawn of silent cinema to today  sci-fi movies have been a constant presence in pop
culture  with mad scientists  terrifying monsters (giant and otherwise)  UFOs  and invading
aliens all bursting out from some of the most brilliantly designed posters ever printed 
featuring art that was sometimes lurid  always eye-catching  and often simply
beautiful.Acknowledging the iconic  but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar  The
Art of Classic Sci-Fi Movies presents a stellar selection of imagery  charting the story of the
genre from its origins in foundational works like Voyage to the Moon and Metropolis  through
Cold War classics like Invasion of the Body-Snatchers and Godzilla  and on to visionary films
such as 2001 and Solaris?as well as less celebrated but nonetheless infamous cultural artifacts
like Barbarella and Zardoz  and genuine oddities such as Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders.
The most extensive book of its type ever published  it includes ample selections from American
movies as well as a range of films from Japan  Italy  Spain  France  Russia  and Eastern
Europe.

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