This is an impressive, intelligent and perceptive analysis of a film increasingly recognised in retrospect as a classic of modern dystopian cinema. Reading this treatise, it's impossible not to be continually reminded how often the story's disturbing conjectures feel like something you might hear about in tomorrow's news headlines.
* Starburst *
'This book is a very good extended analysis of the film, arguing that it welds the form and content into a political and social critique of the trend of authoritarian politics currently spreading through the Western world. [...] It is a useful study of how a speculative film can provide an anamorphic lens on our contemporary social situation by shocking its audience both visually and narratively.'
Ezekiel Crago, Fantastika Journal
'The book can be of special interest to scholars working in the field of speculative fiction and film studies with its rich analysis. [...] Dinello's book has a strong potential to find a readership beyond academia and is a valuable contribution to utopian studies, film studies, and science fiction studies that will prove highly beneficial for relevant future research. Through this successful book, Dinello reminds us once more of the significance of maintaining utopian hope for the achievement of "an egalitarian, altruistic and non-authoritarian society that pursues the common good, accommodates plurality, and amplifies the sense of human and social possibility".'
Emrah Atasoy, The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
'This Constellations entry is highly recommended, illustrated with 42 black-and-white stills and enhanced by Dinello's impeccably well-written prose that offers an intense textual analysis that never resorts to tedium. The brevity and affordable nature of books like those in the Constellations series make them excellent for the classroom setting... Whether for classroom use or personal research, this volume is certainly endorsed as a study of a film worthy of further exploration.' Zachary Ingle, SFRA Review
