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Film and Television After 9/11
Wheeler Winst Dixon
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Description for Film and Television After 9/11
Paperback. Twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. Editor(s): Dixon, Wheeler W. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; APF; APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 226 x 22. Weight in Grams: 386.
In Film and Television after 9/11, twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. While some contemporary films offer escapism, the bulk of mainstream American cinema since 9/11 seems centered on the desire to replicate the idea of the ""just war,"" in which military reprisals and escalation of warfare appear to be both inevitable and justified. Films such as Black Hawk Down, Collateral Damage, and We Were Soldiers reflect a renewed audience ... Read more
In Film and Television after 9/11, twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. While some contemporary films offer escapism, the bulk of mainstream American cinema since 9/11 seems centered on the desire to replicate the idea of the ""just war,"" in which military reprisals and escalation of warfare appear to be both inevitable and justified. Films such as Black Hawk Down, Collateral Damage, and We Were Soldiers reflect a renewed audience ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809325566
SKU
V9780809325566
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Reviews for Film and Television After 9/11
Film and Television after 9/11 contributes to a new understanding both of recent American film and our reaction, as a culture, to the circumstances and aftermath of September 11th.... Anyone interested in coming to grips with the way the image of 9/11 has been appropriated for ideological ends will find solace in this collection. -Steven Shaviro, author of Doom Patrols ... Read more