{"product_id":"future-imperfect-philip-k-dick-at-the-movies-paperback-softback-9780803218604","title":"Future Imperfect; Philip K. Dick at the Movies (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803218604","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFuture Imperfect\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilip K. Dick at the Movies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJason Vest (Author), Phillip Lopate (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803218604\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 March 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, 5 images\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Among the films adapted from novels and stories by Philip K. Dick are \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConfessions d'un Barjo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently Richard Linklatter's \u003ci\u003eA Scanner Darkly\u003c\/i\u003e. Vest discusses these interpretations of Dick's sci-fi ruminations on the paths of human nature in an increasingly technological world; more often then not, he points out, those paths lead to paranoia and other dark states of mind. Eight substantial criticisms illustrate how and how well each film expands, extrapolates and departs from Dick's singular vision.\"—\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Book News\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePhilip K. Dick was one of the most incisive, subversive, and entertaining American authors of the last half of the twentieth century. The cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction have generated so much interest since \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e's 1982 release that a comprehensive assessment of these films is necessary. \u003ci\u003eFuture Imperfect\u003c\/i\u003e is the only book to examine the first eight cinematic adaptations of Dick's fiction in light of their literary sources.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn this book, Jason P. Vest explores how filmmakers as diverse as Ridley Scott, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg, and Richard Linklater have each, in their turn, expanded, extrapolated, and diverged from Dick's fiction when translating its powerful and challenging insights to the silver screen. \u003ci\u003eFuture Imperfect\u003c\/i\u003e gauges how well the film adaptations of Dick's work have captured his unique vision of the human future and how deeply his storytelling abilities have influenced the development of science fiction movies from \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e to the present day. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eForeword - Adapt This: Fiction into Film\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction - The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick and the Movies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 1 - More Human than Human: \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 2 - Memory Prime: \u003ci\u003eTotal Recall\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 3 - Unburdening the Soul: \u003ci\u003eConfessions d'un Barjo\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 4 - Future War: \u003ci\u003eScreamers\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 5 - Identity Theft: \u003ci\u003eImposter\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 6 - Future Crime: \u003ci\u003eMinority Report\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 7 - Money in the Bank: \u003ci\u003ePaycheck\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter 8 - Schizophrenia on Demand: \u003ci\u003eA Scanner Darkly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eConclusion - Roll Credits: The Films of Philip K. Dick\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFilms Cited\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52545942356248,"sku":"9780803218604","price":14.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/future-imperfect-philip-k-dick-at-the-movies-paperback-softback-9780803218604","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}