War on Terror and American Film
Author | : McSweeney Terence McSweeney |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2016-02-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780748693115 |
ISBN-13 | : 0748693114 |
Rating | : 4/5 (114 Downloads) |
Download or read book War on Terror and American Film written by McSweeney Terence McSweeney and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution of the impact of 9/11 on Hollywood film from Black Hawk Down (2001), through Batman Begins (2005), United 93 (2006) to Olympus Has Fallen (2013). Through a vibrant analysis of a range of genres and films - which in turn reveal a strikingly diverse array of social, historical and political perspectives - this book explores the impact of 9/11 and the war on terror on American cinema in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond.