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Vivian Sobchack

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    • Known for

    James Cameron in James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
    James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Self
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy 101: Studying the Slayer
    Video
    • Self
    • 2003
    The Astounding Harry Bates (2008)
    The Astounding Harry Bates
    6.6
    Video
    • Self - Author of 'Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film'
    • 2008
    Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor (2008)
    Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor
    6.7
    Video
    • Self - Author of 'Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film'
    • 2008

    Credits

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    Thanks

    • Embers (2015)
      Embers
      5.4
      • special thanks
      • 2015
    • THX 1138 (1971)
      A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope
      7.6
      Video
      • special thanks
      • 2004

    Self

    • James Cameron in James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
      James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
      7.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Self
      • 2018
    • Science-fiction et paranoïa: la culture de la peur aux États-Unis (2011)
      Science-fiction et paranoïa: la culture de la peur aux États-Unis
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2011
    • Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor (2008)
      Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor
      6.7
      Video
      • Self - Author of 'Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film'
      • 2008
    • The Astounding Harry Bates (2008)
      The Astounding Harry Bates
      6.6
      Video
      • Self - Author of 'Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film'
      • 2008
    • Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006)
      Prohibition Opens the Floodgates
      6.4
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006)
      Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero
      6.6
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006)
      Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films
      6.7
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Welcome to the Big House (2006)
      Welcome to the Big House
      6.8
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Shadows of Suspense
      7.5
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006)
      Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films
      6.9
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006)
      Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood
      6.7
      Video
      • Self
      • 2006
    • Lady in the Lake: audio commentary with Alain Silver and James Ursini (2006)
      His Kind of Woman: audio commentary with Vivian Sobchack
      Video
      • Self - Commentator
      • 2006
    • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Buffy 101: Studying the Slayer
      Video
      • Self
      • 2003
    • The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Self - associate dean, UCLA Film Studies
      • 2000

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      [older women with a younger men] "Cougar" has a certain negative but exciting quality. It's a way to sort of acknowledge not only an older women's sexuality but their erotic power.

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