For an article on the centrality of metamorphosis to the sci-fi film, and how the locus of metamorphosis has changed from the mind to the body as special effects have evolved, see the forthcoming special edition of Film and Philosophy on Science Fiction, available by mid-December. See my website (click the Journal button on the home page) for a preview of the volume
"For beauty is the beginning of terror we are still able to bear, and why we love it so is because it so serenely disdains to destroy us" Rilke's First Duino Elegy
Daniel Shaw
website: www.lhup.edu/dshaw
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