Nothing much to phone home about (with exceptions): Four books on Spielberg

Bould, Mark

Abstract

10,000 word review of four more or less concurrent academic/critical books on Spielberg's films, including Warren Buckland, directed by Steven Spielberg: Poetics of the contemporary blockbuster; Lester D Friedman, Citizen Spielberg; Andrew Gordon, Empire of dreams: The science fiction and fantasy films of Steven Spielberg and Nigel Morris, The cinema of Steven Spielberg: Empire of light.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2008
• Journal: Science Fiction Film and Television
• Print ISSN: 1754-3770
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 303-325
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.1.2.7
• Keywords: Steven Spielberg, sf, blockbuster, spectacle
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1008331
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/sfftv.1.2.7