Introduction: "I dream for a living"
Duel (1971): paranoid style
Jaws (1975): hydrophobia
Close encounters of the third kind (1977; rev. 1980): unidentified flying object relations
E.T. (1982): a fairy tale
Poltergeist (1982): divorce American style
Raiders of the lost Ark (1981): totem and taboo
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984): bad medicine
Indiana Jones and the last Crusade (1989): raiders of the lost father
Always (1989): the eternal triangle
Short films: "Kick the can" (1983) and "The mission" (1986)
Hook (1991): Peter Pan syndrome
Jurassic Park (1993) and The lost world: Jurassic Park (1997): Jaws on land
A.I. (Artificial intelligence) (2001): separation anxiety
Minority report (2002): Oedipus redux
War of the worlds (2005) and trauma culture
Conclusion: moving toward the light.
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Empire of dreams : the science fiction and fantasy films of Steven Spielberg by Andrew Gordon. ISBN 9780742555785. Published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
