Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema

Name: Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema
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ISBN: 9781861892850

ISBN-10: 1861892853

ISBN-13: 9781861892850

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christopher Frayling

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From Victor Frankenstein to Dr. Moreau to Doc Brown in Back to the Future, the scientist has been a puzzling, fascinating, and threatening presence in popular culture. From films we have learned that scientists are either evil maniacal geniuses or bumbling saviors of society. Mad, Bad and Dangerous? puts this dichotomy to the test, offering a wholly engaging yet not uncritical history of the cinematic portrayal of scientists. Christopher Frayling traces the genealogy of the scientist in film, showing how the scientist has often embodied the predominant anxieties of a particular historical moment. The fear of nuclear holocaust in the 1950s gave rise to a rash of radioactive-mutant horror…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Publication date: 9/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Preface



The Scarecrow's Brain



The New Alchemists



Rotwang and Sons



Frankenstein Meets the Milkman



My Lips are Sealed



It, Son of Them


Conclusion


References


Photographic Acknowledgements


Index