This timely volume explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron. It couches Cameron's films within the evolving generic traditions of

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Director of The Terminator, Aliens and Titanic, James Cameron's latest movie, Avatar, is the most viewed cinema release of all time, yet to date receives little

Interviews with the acclaimed director of such films as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Titanic, and Avatar