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Title

Straining the future : Battlefield Earth, Space Jazz and the sounds of Scientology

Related

Science fiction film and television, Vol. 3, Issue 2, (2010), p.201-216

DOI

10.3828/sfftv.2010.14

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Date

2010

Author/Creator

Evans, Mark

Description

This article considers the sonic agenda at work in Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 (Christian US 2000). Through a critical analysis of the film and its associated texts - namely, L. Ron Hubbard's novel of the same name and his album Space Jazz (1982) - discussion of the film's sonicity will engage with Scientological views on music, popular culture and science. This article will also consider the ways in which Battlefield Earth adheres to sf film codes and, particularly, how the soundtrack replicates sonic formations of the genre.

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16 page(s)

Subject Keyword

190400 Performing Arts and Creative Writing

Resource Type

journal article

Organisation

Macquarie University. Department of Media, Music, and Cultural Studies

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Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/187223

Identifier

mq:21707

Identifier

ISSN:1754-3770

Identifier

mq-rm-2010003133

Language

eng

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