| Description |
1 online resource (x, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 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 |
| 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.: 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 21st century
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Documentary films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Documentary films -- Political aspects -- History and criticism
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Environmental films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Politics in motion pictures.
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Terrorism in motion pictures.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Motion pictures and the war
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Environmental films -- History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films -- Political aspects
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Environmental films
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects
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Politics and government
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Politics in motion pictures
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Terrorism in motion pictures
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War and motion pictures
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Zeitkritik
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Film
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Films.
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Politieke aspecten.
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Cinéma et politique -- États-Unis -- 1990- ...
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Cinéma -- Aspect politique -- États-Unis.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071
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Iraq
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United States
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Los Angeles- Hollywood
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Hollywood (Calif.)
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dissertations.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009036207 |
| ISBN |
9781444314809 |
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1444314807 |
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9781444314816 |
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1444314815 |
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1282472119 |
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9781282472112 |
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9781405198233 |
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1405198230 |
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9781405198240 |
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1405198249 |
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