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Projecting Paranoia: Conspiratorial Visions in American Film (Culture America (Paperback))
Ray Pratt
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Description for Projecting Paranoia: Conspiratorial Visions in American Film (Culture America (Paperback))
Paperback. The ghostly presence stands in for numerous other "voices" in a range of American films. In this synthesis of film and politics, Ray Pratt aims to show how such movies are deeply rooted in post-war American culture and continue to exert an enormous influence on the national imagination. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 512 pages, 21 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
A lit cigarette glows in the dark. A faceless voice describes sinister forces that are hard at work behind the scenes - a hidden conspiracy that controls our lives and perhaps even our thoughts. Then, like a ghost in the night, the voice is gone, leaving a residue of unease and a whisper of paranoia. As emblematic as ""Deep Throat"" in ""All the President's Men"" or the ""Cigarette Smoking Man"" in the wildly popular ""X-Files"", that ghostly presence stands in for numerous other ""voices"" in a wide range of American films from the classic era of film noir through Oliver ... Read more
A lit cigarette glows in the dark. A faceless voice describes sinister forces that are hard at work behind the scenes - a hidden conspiracy that controls our lives and perhaps even our thoughts. Then, like a ghost in the night, the voice is gone, leaving a residue of unease and a whisper of paranoia. As emblematic as ""Deep Throat"" in ""All the President's Men"" or the ""Cigarette Smoking Man"" in the wildly popular ""X-Files"", that ghostly presence stands in for numerous other ""voices"" in a wide range of American films from the classic era of film noir through Oliver ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
CultureAmerica
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611508
SKU
V9780700611508
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