Cinema wars : Hollywood film and politics in the Bush-Cheney era / Douglas Kellner.
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TextPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444314809; 1444314807; 9781444314816; 1444314815; 1282472119; 9781282472112; 9781405198233; 1405198230; 9781405198240; 1405198249Subject(s): Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- | Cheney, Richard Bruce, 1941- | Iraq War (2003-2011) | Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States | Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Documentary films -- United States -- History and criticism | Documentary films -- Political aspects -- History and criticism | Environmental films -- United States -- History and criticism | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 | Politics in motion pictures | Terrorism in motion pictures | Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Motion pictures and the war | PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference | Documentary films | Documentary films -- Political aspects | Environmental films | Motion pictures | Motion pictures -- Political aspects | Politics and government | Politics in motion pictures | Terrorism in motion pictures | War and motion pictures | Iraq | United States | Zeitkritik | Los Angeles- Hollywood | Films | Politieke aspecten | Hollywood (Calif.) | Cinéma et politique -- États-Unis -- 1990- | Cinéma -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis | Film | 2000-2099Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Criticism, interpretation, etc. | History.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cinema wars.DDC classification: 791.43/658 LOC classification: PN1995.9.P6 | K45 2010Other classification: 24.32 Online resources: Wiley Online Library | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Confronting the horrors of the Bush/Cheney era: from documentary to allegory -- The golden age of documentary -- Real disaster films: from An inconvenient truth and environmental documentaries to animated allegories -- Allegories of catastrophe : social apocalypse is disaster, horror, and fantasy films -- Hollywood's 9/11 and spectacles of terror -- 9/11 as disaster film and spectacle of terror -- Representations of 9/11 in Hollywood film : United 93 and World Trade Center -- Disney television Republican propaganda : The path to 9/11 -- Hollywood's terror war -- Michael Moore's provocations -- Michael Moore, Emile de Antonio, and the politics of documentary film -- Roger and me and the documentary of personal witnessing -- Bowling for Columbine and exploratory documentary montage -- Fahrenheit 9/11 and partisan interventionists cinema -- Sicko and the Michael Moore genre -- Hollywood political critiques of the Bush-Cheney regime : from thrillers to fantasy and satire -- The Hollywood political thriller against the Bush-Cheney regime -- Star wars prequels as anti-Bush-Cheney allegory -- From satire to dystopia -- The cinematic Iraq War -- Documenting Iraq -- Interpreting the Iraq fiasco -- Iraq and its aftermath in fiction films -- Conclusion: Hollywood cinema wars in the 2000s -- Critical representations -- History lessons -- Final reflections.
Cinema Wars explores the intersection of film, politics, and US culture and society through a bold critical analysis of the films, TV shows, and documentaries produced in the early 2000s.: Offers a thought-provoking depiction of Hollywood film as a contested terrain between conservative and liberal forces; Films and documentaries discussed include: Black Hawk Down, The Dark Knight, Star Wars, Syriana, WALL-E, Fahrenheit 9/11 and other Michael Moore documentaries, amongst others; Explores how some films in this era supported the Bush-Cheney regime, while others criticized the administration.
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