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Within our archives preserve not only evidence of the past, but also materialized imaginations of the future are preserved there. When dealing with film as a medium, the complex, multi-layered relations between imagined, and therefore also projected times, — past, present, future — can be traced. The genres of the fantastic film, in particular the genre of Science Fiction, reflects the present while dealing with the future. So-called deviant genres and subgenres — think SF, Horror or even Porn — have always portrayed social fears and hopes and have also reflected and influenced real technical development. Therefore, Science Fiction film can also be understood as a rethinking of human space travel, opening something like a metaphorical double-space between real and framed space.
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Ballhausen, T. (2009). What’s the story, mother? Some thoughts on Science Fiction Film and Space Travel. In: Codignola, L., Schrogl, KU., Lukaszczyk, A., Peter, N. (eds) Humans in Outer Space — Interdisciplinary Odysseys. Studies in Space Policy, vol 1. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-87465-3_5
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