Dream Factories And Radio Pictures
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What if the post apocalyptic world was inehrited by the android avatars of a famous duck, mouse and dog? What if every '50s Bugarama monster-movie nightmare came true at once? What if Cloudbuster pioneers had transformed the arid American Southwest into a subtropical paradise? What do you mean, what if? They're real, they're here, a life-giving downpour in the desert of mundanity from the mind of Howard Waldrop, one of the best, most original writers in America.
For the first time in print, the greater part of Waldrop's media-related tales are brought together in one place. Plus original essays by the writer.
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With original essays introducing his mass-media-related stories, World Fantasy Award-winning author Howard Waldrop guides us through various audiovisual dreamscapes from the end of the nineteenth century into the far future. Along the way, he brings to life such heroes as Méliès, Proust, and the hallucinatory Alfred Jarry, defender of the oppressed and the "ordinary" bicycle; the great comedians of early film and television; and the android avatars of a world-famous duck, mouse, and dog. Any film buff will appreciate not only Waldrop's insights into the technical and social development of our dream factories and radio pictures, but also his fictional distortions, which capture the romantic spirit of his subjects better than cinéma vérité ever could.
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Dream Factories And Radio Pictures
Dream Factories And Radio Pictures,Howard Waldrop,Wheatland Press,097205474X,Essays,Literary Collections,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature: Classics
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