Includes filmography (pages 153-154). Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-166) and index. "A BFI book published by Palgrave Macmillan."
Contents:
Computers in the workplace : IBM and the 'electronic brain' of Desk set (1957) -- From the scrapheap to the science lab : the pioneers of computer animation -- Tarzan vs IBM : humans and computers in Alphaville (1965) -- Digital harmony : the art and technology movement -- 'I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that' : artificial intelligence in 2001 : a space Odyssey (1968) -- Expanded consciousness, expanded cinema: a techno-utopian counterculture -- To see ourselves as androids see us : the pixel perspectives of Westworld (1973).
Summary:
Uncovers the early history of cinema and computers and looks at how filmmakers first encountered the defining technology of the digital age. --from publisher description.
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