"Long before flying saucers, robot monsters, and alien menaces invaded our movie screens in the 1950s, there was already a significant but overlooked body of cinematic science fiction. Through analyses of early twentieth-century animations, comic strips, and advertising, Animating the Science Fiction Imagination unearths a significant body of cartoon science fiction from the pre-World War II era that appeared at approximately the same t ..."
"What impact did the new art of film have on the development of another new art, the emerging science fiction genre, during the pre- and early post-World War II era? Focusing on such popular pulp magazines as Amazing Stories, Astounding Stories, and Wonder Stories, this book traces this early relationship between film and literature through four common features: stories that involve film or the film industry; film-related advertising; ed ..."
Animating Space(1st Edition) From Mickey to WALL-E by J.P. Telotte Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2010 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2586-2, ISBN: 0-8131-2586-3
"Animators work within a strictly defined, limited space that requires difficult artistic decisions. The blank frame presents a dilemma for all animators, and the decision of what to include and leave out raises important questions about artistry, authorship, and cultural influence. In Animating Space: From Mickey to WALL-E, renowned scholar J. P. Telotte explores how animation has confronted the blank template, and how responses to that ..."
The Mouse Machine(8th Edition) Disney and Technology by J. P. Telotte Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2008 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07540-7, ISBN: 0-252-07540-4
"Throughout Disney's phenomenally successful run in the entertainment industry, the company has negotiated the use of cutting-edge film and media technologies that, J. P. Telotte argues, have proven fundamental to the company's identity. Disney's technological developments include the use of stereophonic surround sound for Fantasia, experimentation with wide-screen technology, inaugural adoption of three-strip Technicolor film, and early ..."
Disney TV (TV Milestones Series) by J. P. Telotte Paperback, 136 Pages, Published 2004 by Wayne State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8143-3084-5, ISBN: 0-8143-3084-3
"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Walt Disney Company's network television series Disneyland/The Wonderful World of Color. The series, part of Walt Disney's quest to re-create American entertainment, premiered October 27, 1954 on ABC and was the longest-lived program in television history. Over the years, Walt Disney's visions have evolved into family-oriented cinema, television, theme parks. From the lovable Mickey Mouse an ..."
Science Fiction Film(1st Edition) (Genres in American Cinema) by J. P. Telotte Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-59647-3, ISBN: 0-521-59647-5
"This study examines one of the most enduring and popular genres of Hollywood cinema, suggesting how the science fiction film reflects attitudes toward science, technology, and reason as they have evolved in American culture over the course of the 20th century. Telotte provides a survey of criticism and an overview of the history of the genre, from its earliest literary manifestations to the present. He offers in-depth readings of three ..."
A Distant Technology(1st Edition) Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age by J. P. Telotte, Julia Walsh Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 1999 by Wesleyan ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-6346-0, ISBN: 0-8195-6346-3
"The Machine Age, roughly delineated by the two decades between World Wars, was a watershed period during which modern society entered into an ambiguous embrace with technology that continues today. J. P. Telotte carefully blends film, technology, cultural, and genre studies to illuminate this nearly forgotten era in our cinematic history and to show, through analysis of classics like The Invisible Ray, Metropolis, and Things to Come, ho ..."
Replications A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film by J. P. Telotte Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06466-1, ISBN: 0-252-06466-6
"A haunting fascination fuels our interest in the robot, the android, the cyborg, the replicant. Born in science fiction literature, the artificial human has come into its own in films, lurching to life, holding a mirror to humanity's soul. Beginning with a pre-history of the filmic robot, J. P. Telotte traces its development through early sci-fi landmarks such as Metropolis (1926), the alien films of the 1950s (including Forbidden Plan ..."
"Critical discussion of cult cinema has often noted its tendency to straddle or ignore boundaries, to pull together different sets of conventions, narrative formulas, or character types for the almost surreal pleasure to be found in their sudden juxtapositions or narrative combination. With its own boundary-blurring nature - as both science and fiction, reality and fantasy - science fiction has played a key role in such cinematic cult fo ..."
The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader(1st Edition) (Essential Readers in Contemporary Media and Culture) by J.P. Telotte Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2492-6, ISBN: 0-8131-2492-1
"Once confined solely to literature and film, science fiction has emerged to become a firmly established, and wildly popular, television genre over the last half century. The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader provides insight into and analyses of the most important programs in the history of the genre and explores the breadth of science fiction programming. Editor J. P. Telotte and the contributors explain the gradual transform ..."
Voices in the Dark The Narrative Patterns of Film Noir by J. P. Telotte Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1989 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-06056-4, ISBN: 0-252-06056-3
"The American film noir, the popular genre that focused on urban crime and corruption in the 1940s and 1950s, exhibits the greatest amount of narrative experimentation in the modern American cinema. Spurred by postwar disillusionment, cold war anxieties, and changing social circumstances, these films revealed the dark side of American life and , in doing so, created unique narrative structures in order to speak of that darkness. J.P. Tel ..."
The Cult Film Experience(1st Edition) Beyond All Reason (Texas Film and Media Studies Series) by J. P. Telotte Paperback, 236 Pages, Published 1991 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-71144-0, ISBN: 0-292-71144-1
""Play it again, Sam" is the motto of cult film enthusiasts, who will watch their favorite movie over and over, "beyond all reason." What is the appeal of cult movies? Why do fans turn up in droves at midnight movies or sit through the same three-hanky classics from Hollywood's golden era? These are some of the questions J. P. Telotte and twelve other noted film scholars consider in this groundbreaking study of the cult film. The book id ..."
"This book offers the first specific application in film studies of what is generally known as ecology theory, shifting attention from history to the (in this case media) environment. It takes the robot as its subject because it has attained a status that resonates not only with some of the key concerns of contemporary culture over the last century, but also with the very nature of film. While the robot has given us a vehicle for explori ..."
Genres in American Cinema Science Fiction Film (Hardback) by J. P. Telotte Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2001 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-59372-4, ISBN: 0-521-59372-7
"Liebermann, Randy. “The Collier's and Disney Series.” Blueprint for Space:
Science Fiction to Science Fact. Ed. Frederick I. Ordway III and Randy
Liebermann. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. 135–46. Lucanio,
Patrick, and Gary Coville. Smokin' Rockets: The Romance of Technology in
American Film, Radio and Television, 1945–1962. Jefferson, NC: McFarland,
2002. Luckhurst, Roger. “Automation.” The Oxford Handbook of Sci ..."
Routledge Focus on Film Studies Robot Ecology and the Science Fiction Film by J. P. Telotte 120 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-317-23301-5, ISBN: 1-317-23301-8
"The Jetsons (1962–63, 1985–87). Screen Gems/World Vision Enterprises/
Warner Bros./ABC. Created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Dir.: William Hanna,
Joseph Barbera, et al. Script: Hanna, Barbera, et al. Voice Actors: George O'
Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc. Animated series. Kronos (
1957). Regal Films/20th Century Fox. Dir.: Kurt Neumann. Script: Lawrence Louis
Goldman. Cast: Jeff Morrow, Barbara Lawrence, John Emery, ..."
"Starting in the 1920s, the SF pulp magazines, most notably Amazing Stories,
Astounding Stories, and Wonder Stories, regularly offered readers a variety of
new stories and reprints of classic tales by Jules Verne, Edgar Allen Poe, H. G.
Wells, and ... show that offered adaptations of classic SF mixed with
contemporary tales, and Out There (1951–52), an anthology show that featured
the work of well-known SF writers, including Ray Bra ..."
A Distant Technology Science Fiction Film and the Machine Age by J. P. Telotte Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 1999 by Wesleyan University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8195-6345-3, ISBN: 0-8195-6345-5
"Science fiction films celebrate and critique the impact of a burgeoning technology on the world's cultural, political, and social milieu."
Replications A Robotic History of the Science Fiction Film by J. P. Telotte Hardcover, 222 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Illinois Press ISBN-13: 978-0-252-02177-0, ISBN: 0-252-02177-0