Aliens by Cristina Massaccesi - 9781800859456

Name: Aliens by Cristina Massaccesi - 9781800859456
Brand: Liverpool University Press

Liverpool University Press

AliensAuthor(s): Cristina Massaccesi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781800859456, 978-1800859456\nSynopsis\nOn its release in 1986, Aliens was an immediate commercial and critical success and consolidated writer-director James Camerons status as a major new Hollywood player. Reprising some of the features of Ridley Scotts Alien [tel] and expanding them in a number of crucial ways, Aliens managed to reinforce the audiences attraction to the still fairly new Alien franchise and insert into it the seeds of narrative and visual changes that would be further explored in subsequent instalments of the series.\n\nAliens is an endlessly fascinating mixture of different genres: sci-fi, revenge movies, action, war filmsand more specifically Vietnam War moviesall contribute in creating a visual experience that is dynamic and emotionally enthralling. The great care devoted to set and prop design gives the f.