Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction on Film

These 14essays were presented at the Fourth Eaton Conference, which convened to create a broad dialogue concern-ing the importance of science fiction and fantasy in contemporary film. Another goal was to seek in the history and essen-tial nature of cinema the roots of the in-creasing popularity of science fiction and fantasy. Using very different methods and widely diverse ideas of what fantasy is and where its center exists, these schol-ars and critics cover the entire span of western drama--from Melies and Lang to recent films such as "E.T., the Extra--Terrestrial "and "Raiders of the Lost Ark."