| Description |
x, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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 fictional allegories -- Climate change and environmental crisis documentaries -- Critical animated visions -- Social apocalypse in 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: issues of capitalism and class -- Bowling for Columbine and exploratory documentary: guns, U.S. history, the military, and violence -- Fahrenheit 9/11 and agit-prop: from the stolen election to 9/11 and Iraq -- Sicko and the Michael Moore genre -- From realism to allegory and satire: Hollywood political critiques of the Bush/Cheney regime. The Hollywood political thriller as social critique -- The Star wars prequels as anti-Bush/Cheney allegory -- Jabs and blows against the regime: from satire to dystopia -- The cinematic Iraq War. Documenting and dissecting the invasion and occupation -- Interpreting the Iraq fiasco -- Iraq and its aftermath in fiction films -- Conclusion: cinema as art, industry, and site of struggle -- Hollywood films in the age of Bush-Cheney: a contested terrain -- Some final reflections on film and politics in the contemporary moment |
| Summary |
"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. It 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. This title explores how some films in this era supported the Bush-Cheney regime, while others criticized the administration, openly or otherwise. It investigates Hollywood's treatment of a range of hot topics, from terrorism and environmental crisis to the Iraq war and the culture wars of the 2000s. It shows how Hollywood film in the 2000s brought to life a vibrant array of social protest and helped create cultural conditions to elect Barack Obama." -- BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Documentary films -- Political aspects -- History and criticism.
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Documentary films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Environmental films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Motion pictures and the war.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Politics in motion pictures.
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Terrorism in motion pictures.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071
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| Author |
Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| LC no. |
2009036207 |
| ISBN |
9781405198233 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781405198240 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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