Plastic Reality: Special Effects, Technology, and the Emergence of 1970s Blockbuster Aesthetics

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E-ISBN 978-0-231-53527-4

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Turnock, Julie A.

Plastic reality : special effects, technology, and the emergence of 1970s blockbuster aesthetics / Julie A. Turnock.

pages cm. — (Film and culture)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-16352-1 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-231-16353-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) —

ISBN 978-0-231-53527-4 (ebook)

1. Blockbusters (Motion pictures). 2. Cinematography—Special effects. I. Title.

PN1995.9.B598T87 2014

791.43'75—dc23

2014026529

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