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Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back
Harvey O´brien
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Description for Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210. The Cinema of Striking Back. 160 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFN. Dimension: 200 x 152 x 9. Weight: 210.
Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back is a study of action cinema, exploring the ethics and aesthetics of the genre with reference to its relatively short history. It moves from seminal classics like Bullitt (1968) and Dirty Harry (1971) through epoch-defining films like Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988) to revisions, reboots, and renewals in films like Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Taken (2008), and The Expendables (2010). The action genre is a fusion of form and content: a cinema of action about action. It is a cinema of the will, configured as a decisive ... Read more
Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back is a study of action cinema, exploring the ethics and aesthetics of the genre with reference to its relatively short history. It moves from seminal classics like Bullitt (1968) and Dirty Harry (1971) through epoch-defining films like Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988) to revisions, reboots, and renewals in films like Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Taken (2008), and The Expendables (2010). The action genre is a fusion of form and content: a cinema of action about action. It is a cinema of the will, configured as a decisive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231163316
SKU
V9780231163316
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About Harvey O´brien
Dr. Harvey O'Brien is a lecturer in Film Studies at University College Dublin. He has published on topics including Irish Studies, history and the media, horror, science fiction, and documentary film. He is the author of The Real Ireland: The Evolution of Ireland in Documentary Film (2004) and co-editor of Keeping it Real: Irish Film and Television (2004).
Reviews for Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back
This smart, short introduction to the action film tackles the history, aesthetics and politics of an American genre that remains both extraordinarily visible and yet unexplored. It provides readers with a deftly argued account of the genre's distinctive aesthetic and its complex involvement in cultural themes of trauma, violence, and redemption.
Yvonne Tasker, University of East Anglia A good ... Read more
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