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Steampunk films (Genre/Form Term)

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Work cat.: Vynález zkázy. English. The fabulous world of Jules Verne [VR], 1998.

La cité des enfants perdus [VR] = The city of lost children, c1999.

Wikipedia, Dec. 8, 2009: Steampunk (the 1999 film remake of the television series The Wild Wild West was one of the first contemporary steampunk motion pictures; Karel Zeman's film The Fabulous World of Jules Verne from 1958 is a very early example of cinematic steampunk; other early examples of historical steampunk in cinema include Hayao Miyazaki's anime films such as Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)) List of steampunk works (steampunk cinema; In films: 1958, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne; 1979, Time After Time; 1984, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; 1994, The City of Lost Children; 1999, Wild Wild West; 2001, Atlantis: The Lost Empire; 2003, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; 2004, Howl's Moving Castle, Steamboy, Van Helsing; 2005, The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello)

Time, Dec. 14, 2009: p. 82 ("Steampunk was an established subgenre by 1990 ... Ever since then, steampunk has been bubbling under: in role-playing games and anime, video games like Myst and Thief and comic books like Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Look at the dirigibles and clockwork mechanisms in Philp Pullman's alt-Victorian The Golden Compass. Recall the steam-driven, Kenneth Branagh-piloted arachnid colossus in Will Smith's Wild Wild West.")

Donahue, E. You've been a steampunk movie fan forever, whether you knew it or not, via MTV movies blog website, viewed Dec. 8, 2009 ("While steampunk may still be a new emerging subculture, its blend of neo-Victorian science-fiction has been in the movies for years. ... Movies that employ wildly imagined inventions and anachronistic technology set in bygone eras can all fall under this name. 'The Prestige'--a period piece of illusion, invention and teleportation--and 'Wild Wild West'--which transcends a typical 1800s Western with its depiction of steam-powered tanks, a cyborg and mechanical spiders--are two of the most popular steampunk movies to date. Also high on the list is 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,' which is dense with allusions to the works and characters of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne, both steampunk literary heroes.")

Ohanesian, L. Steampunk starter guide : top 5 film and TV series, via LA weekly website, viewed Dec. 8, 2009 (Once tucked into a science fiction corner; steampunk-friendly film and TV series; steampunk films)

López, D. Films by genre, c1993.