Technophobia (in THX 1138 et al.)

Ryan, Michael, and Douglas Kellner. "Technophobia." From Camera Politica: Politics and Ideology of the Contemporary Hollywood Film. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 1988. Rpt. Alien Zone.[1]

Conservative technophobia in THX 1138 and LOGAN'S RUN versus more liberal or radical views of machines in BRAINSTORM, SILENT RUNNING, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, and, esp., BLADE RUNNER (all listed under Drama).

Note also Ryan and Kellner, “Technophobia/Dystopia” in anthology of reprints Liquid Metal: The Science Fiction Film Reader, ed. Sean Redmond (Columbia University Press, 2007): 48–56.

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