'War on Terror' and American Film
Author | : Terence McSweeney |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2014-11-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780748693108 |
ISBN-13 | : 0748693106 |
Rating | : 4/5 (106 Downloads) |
Download or read book 'War on Terror' and American Film written by Terence McSweeney and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 256 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.