Empire of Dreams · the Science Fiction and Fantasy Films of Steven Spielberg by Gordon, Andrew M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction - “I dream for a living” 1 - Duel (1971)

MAKING DUEL DUEL AND HITCHCOCK MAN VERSUS MACHINE DUEL AND PARANOIA PARANOIA AND REPRESSED HOMOSEXUALITY THE HERO’S PROBLEMS WITH WOMEN PARANOIA AND ANAL SADISM THE TRUCK AS CHARACTER CONCLUSION: FREE-FLOATING ANXIETY NOTES REFERENCES

2 - Jaws (1975)

THE CRITICS ON JAWS WHY WATCH HORROR MOVIES? JAWS: THE OPENING SEQUENCE MALE FANTASY AND PHOBIA BRODY’S INITIATION BRODY INTRODUCED QUINT INTRODUCED BRODY, HOOPER, AND QUINT JAWS AND PHOBIA CONCLUSION: JAWS SWALLOWS US WHOLE NOTES REFERENCES

3 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977; Rev. 1980)

SPIELBERG’S SUBURBAN TRILOGY AND THE UNCANNY RELIGION IN CLOSE ENCOUNTERS SPECIAL AFFECT THE TRANSFORMATIONAL OBJECT THE OPENING SCENE OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS THE CHARACTER OF ROY NEARY ALIEN AS BREAST THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ALIENS SPIELBERG AS MERRY PRANKSTER DEPARTURE AND REUNION, SEPARATION AND FUSION OEDIPAL CONFLICT IN CLOSE ENCOUNTERS CONCLUSION: SEE NO EVIL NOTES REFERENCES

4 - E.T. (1982) as Fairy Tale

E.T. AS FROG KING E.T.: THE OPENING SCENE MOTHER AND CHILD IN E.T. THE PROBLEMATIC FATHER E.T. AS CHILD GOD E.T. AND ELLIOTT CONCLUSION: WE ARE E.T. NOTES REFERENCES

5 - Poltergeist (1982)

MAKING POLTERGEIST: E.T.’S EVIL TWIN POLTERGEIST AS OPTIMISTIC HORROR THE OPENING SCENE OF POLTERGEIST POLTERGEISTS AND ORAL AGGRESSION POLTERGEISTS AS CHILDREN POLTERGEISTS AS ALIENS POLTERGEIST INVASION AS SEXUAL ASSAULT THE CLIMAX OF POLTERGEIST CONCLUSION: POLTERGEIST LACKS INTERNAL STRUGGLE REFERENCES

6 - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

RAIDERS AND THE SERIALS RAIDERS AS MONOMYTH THE OPENING OF RAIDERS INDY AND BELLOQ MARION AND THE ARK THE ARK, LIGHT, AND FIRE CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES

7 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

SEXIST AND RACIST ELEMENTS OF DOOM A KLEINIAN READING OF DOOM THE OPENING OF DOOM FEAST AND FAMINE IN THE UNDERGROUND FATHER-SON RELATIONSHIPS IN DOOM CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES

8 - Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)

MAKING THE LAST CRUSADE: GRADUATING FROM CLIFFHANGER U. THE SEARCH FOR THE FATHER THE OPENING SEQUENCE INDY’S SPLIT IDENTITY THE QUEST OF THE KNIGHT OF FAITH AMBIVALENCE TOWARD THE FATHER ELSA AND THE OEDIPAL TRIANGLE LAST CRUSADE AS BUDDY COMEDY CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES

9 - Always (1989) and the Eternal Triangle

WHY DID SPIELBERG REMAKE A GUY NAMED JOE? THE PLOT OF A GUY NAMED JOE A GUY NAMED JOE AS A BLEND OF 1940S MOVIE GENRES PETE IN A GUY NAMED JOE A GUY NAMED JOE AS OEDIPAL TALE DORINDA IN A GUY NAMED JOE THE CRITICS ON A GUY NAMED JOE A GUY NAMED JOE AND CASABLANCA ALWAYS COMPARED TO A GUY NAMED JOE PETE IN ALWAYS DORINDA AND TED IN ALWAYS THE SEARCH FOR THE MOTHER IN ALWAYS MALE BONDING IN ALWAYS THE ROMANCE OF FLYING IN ALWAYS DEATH AND REBIRTH IN ALWAYS VOYEURISM IN ALWAYS GHOST AND ALWAYS CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES

10 - Short Films

“KICK THE CAN”: BACK TO CHILDHOOD “THE MISSION” (1986): “STUCK IN MAMA’S BELLY” NOTE REFERENCES

11 - Hook (1991)

PETER PAN, HOOK, AND MANHOOD BARRIE AND SPIELBERG 1980s POP PSYCHOLOGY IN HOOK FEAR OF FLYING MALE IDENTITY AND PHALLIC SYMBOLS IN HOOK PETER AND HOOK AS DOUBLES WOMEN IN HOOK CONCLUSION: THE CHILD AS FATHER TO THE MAN NOTES REFERENCES

12 - Jurassic Park (1993) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

JURASSIC PARK THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK NOTES REFERENCES

13 - A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) (2001)

A.I. AS HOMAGE TO KUBRICK A.I., MOURNING, AND SIMULACRA THE DIVIDED CRITICAL RECEPTION A.I. AND EMPIRE OF THE SUN ROBOT EMOTIONS THE FIGURE OF THE SCIENTIST DAVID’S POSITION IN A HUMAN FAMILY THE PROBLEM OF THE REPLACEMENT CHILD THE LOST CHILD THE FILM’S THREE ACTS THE ENDING REFERENCES

14 - Minority Report (2002)

DICK’S “THE MINORITY REPORT” SPIELBERG’S VERSION COMPARED TO DICK’S STORY MINORITY REPORT AND OEDIPUS REX AGATHA AND ANDERTON CONCLUSION REFERENCES

15 - War of the Worlds (2005) and Trauma Culture

THE TRAUMA OF 9/11 H. G. WELLS’S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS ORSON WELLES AND GEORGE PAL DO THE WAR OF THE WORLDS SPIELBERG’S VERSION PARALLELS TO 9/11 PARALLELS TO THE IRAQ WAR THE ENDING SPIELBERG’S FILM AND NATIONAL TRAUMA REFERENCES

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