Abstract
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Before 1977 1. Optical Animation: Special Effects Compositing Up to 19772. Before Industrial Light and Magic: Independent Hollywood Special Effects Business, 1968-1975Part II: Circa 1977: Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind3. Expanded Blockbuster: Auteurist Aesthetics of 1970s Special Effects-Driven Filmmaking 4. The Buck Stops at Opticals: Special Effects Technology on Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind5. A Plastic Reality: Design and Conception of Star Wars and West Coast Experimental Filmmaking6. More Philosopical Grey Matter: Production and Aesthetic of Close Encounters of the Third KindPart III: 1980s and Beyond7. Optical Special Effects into the 1980s: A Well-Oiled Machine8. Not-too-Realistic and Intensified Realistic Approaches in the 1980s: Traditional Stop Motion and ShowscanConclusion: World-Building and the Legacy of 1970s Special Effects in Contemporary CinemaNotesBibliographyIndex
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