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Author Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950-

Title Visions of the Apocalypse : spectacles of destruction in American cinema / Wheeler Winston Dixon
Published London ; New York : Wallflower, ©2003

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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
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Subject Disaster films -- History and criticism.
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
Violence in motion pictures.
War films -- History and criticism
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
Violence in motion pictures
Apocalypse in motion pictures
Disaster films
Zerstörung Motiv
Weltuntergang Motiv
Film
Rampenfilms.
Politieke aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Terrorisme.
Internationale orde.
Films de guerre -- Histoire et critique.
Fin du monde -- Histoire et critique.
Apocalypse -- Au cinéma.
Violence -- Au cinéma.
USA
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780231850483
0231850484