Cinema Wars: Hollywood Film and Politics in the Bush-Cheney Era

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9823-3
Verlag: BLACKWELL PUBL

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

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, openly or otherwise
* 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
* 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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kellner, Douglas M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Film, Video, Foto

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations.

Introduction: Film, Politics, and Society.

1. Confronting the Horrors of the Bush/Cheney Era: From Documentary to Allegory.

2. Hollywood's 9/11 and Spectacles of Terror.

3. Michael Moore's Provocations.

4. From Realism to Allegory and Satire: Hollywood Political Critiques of the Bush/Cheney Regime.

5. The Cinematic Iraq War.

Conclusion: Cinema as Art, Industry, and Site of Struggle.

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas Kellner is George Kneller Chair of Philosophy of Education at UCLA. He is the author of many books on social theory, politics, history, and culture, including Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film, co-authored with Michael Ryan, and Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy. He is the co-editor of Media and Cultural Studies Keyworks (Wiley-Blackwell 2006). Kellner's most recent book is Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombings to the Virginia Tech Massacre. His website is at www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/kellner.html.