Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Contents |
Introduction: Tyranny of Images -- Freedom from Choice -- Invasion USA -- Limits of Time -- Coda: The Copenhagen Defense |
Summary |
Visions of the Apocalypse examines the cinema's fascination with the prospect of nuclear and/or natural annihilation, as seen in such films as Saving Private Ryan, Bowling for Columbine, We Were Soldiers, Invasion U.S.A., The Last War, Tidal Wave, The Bed Sitting Room, The Last Days of Man on Earth and numerous others. It also considers the ways in which contemporary cinema has become increasingly hyper-conglomerised, leading to films with ever-higher budgets and fewer creative risks. Along the way, the author discusses such topics as the death of film itself, to be replaced by digital video |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-158) and index |
Notes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Disaster films -- History and criticism.
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Apocalypse in motion pictures.
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Violence in motion pictures.
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War films -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Violence in motion pictures
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Apocalypse in motion pictures
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Disaster films
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Zerstörung Motiv
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Weltuntergang Motiv
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Film
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Rampenfilms.
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Politieke aspecten.
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Sociale aspecten.
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Terrorisme.
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Internationale orde.
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Films de guerre -- Histoire et critique.
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Fin du monde -- Histoire et critique.
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Apocalypse -- Au cinéma.
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Violence -- Au cinéma.
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USA
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780231850483 |
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0231850484 |
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