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Time-travel films


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    • found: Work cat.: Tangsin, kŏgi issŏ chullaeyo, 2017(a film featuring time travel; summary: Soo-hyun comes across magical pills that allow him to go back and forth in time. 30 years earlier, a young Soo-hyun meets his future self and learns that his girlfriend will soon die because of him. In order to save her, the two Soo-hyuns try to change the past, but a completely new and unexpected past is formed, which leads to a new future.)
    • found: López, D. Films by genre, ©1993(under Science Fiction Film: Time Travel Films. One of the pet subjects of science fiction is to be able to displace oneself in time in order to observe the past or the future; Examples: World Without End; The Time Machine; The Time Travellers; Time After Time; The Final Countdown; Terminator; Back to the Future; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Time Trackers)
    • found: Time travel in popular media, 2015:p. 40 (Time travel films) p. 168 (cinema's most iconic time travel films, such as The Terminator (1984), Back to the Future (1985), and The Time Machine (1960))
    • found: Liquid metal : the science fiction film reader, 2007:p. 115 (time travel-based science fiction films) p. 116 (Since 1979, there has been a proliferation of time travel films, including Time After Time (1979), Somewhere in Time (1980), The Final Countdown (1980), Time Bandits (1981), Timerider (1983), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), The Terminator (1984), Trancers (1985), Back to the Future (1985), My Science Project (1985), the made-for-television movies The Blue Yonder (1986) and Outlaws (1986), and, most recently, Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Flight of the Navigator (1986) and Star Trek IV (1987))
    • found: A time travel dialogue, 2014:p. 10 (time-travel films)
    • found: Palm Springs, 2020(drama that follows two strangers who meet at a Palm Springs wedding only to get stuck in a time loop) (OCoLC)1199383508
    • found: Groundhog Day, 2008(drama about a cynical television weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly) (OCoLC)190702399
    • found: The best time loops of film, TV, and video games, via WWW, Feb. 8, 2021(the time loop has become a storytelling tool used by countless creators in the service of unique stories; Palm Springs is kind of a perfect time loop movie. The film puts a twist on the time loop formula by starting with Andy Samberg's character having already been stuck in the loop for a very, very long time. The day he's reliving over and over again is at a wedding in Palm Springs, and one night the bride's sister accidentally gets sucked into the time loop with him; Groundhog Day; Edge of Tomorrow; The Endless; Happy Death Day; The Incredible Shrinking Wknd; Run Lola Run)
    • found: El-Mahmoud, S. 10 awesome time loop movies to watch after Palm Springs, via Cinema blend website, posted Jul. 14. 2020, viewed Feb. 8, 2021(The power of a quality time loop movie is actually wanting to hit play on the film again once it ends, even though the plot revolves around the same event again and again)
    • found: The best time loop movies, via Ranker website, updated July 13, 2020, viewed Feb. 8, 2021("Here, you'll find a list of time loop movies if you're in the mood to see a character try to get things just right while repeating the same day. Movies where the same day repeats over and over again allow you to watch how characters recognize their mistakes and attempt to rectify them. In many ways, time loop movies provide the ultimate fantasy. Don't we all wish we could sometimes go back and undo past errors and indiscretions?"; films that feature time loops or characters repeating the same events)
    • found: Aldredge, J. The ins and outs and ins and outs of creating a time loop film, via PremiumBeat website, Aug. 17, 2020, viewed Feb. 8, 2021(a movie that repeats itself every day; the time loop is less of a trope or device and more of a sub-genre)
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    • 2018-11-13: new
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