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American Cinema of the 2000s

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American Cinema of the 2000s

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The decade from 2000 to 2009 is framed, at one end, by the traumatic catastrophe of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and, at the other, by the election of the first African American president of the United States. In between, the United States and the world witnessed the rapid expansion of new media and the Internet, such natural disasters as Hurricane Katrina, political uprisings around the world, and a massive meltdown of world economies. Amid these crises and revolutions, American films responded in multiple ways, sometimes directly reflecting these turbulent times, and sometimes indirectly couching history in traditional genres and stories. In American Cinema of the 2000s, essays from ten top film scholars examine such popular series as the groundbreaking Matrix films and the gripping adventures of former CIA covert operative Jason Bourne; new, offbeat films like Juno; and the resurgence of documentaries like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11.  Each essay demonstrates the complex ways in which American culture and American cinema are bound together in subtle and challenging ways.

Author Biography:

TIMOTHY CORRIGAN is a professor of English and cinema studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His many books include NewGerman Film: The Displaced Image; A Cinema without Walls: Movies and Culture after Vietnam; and The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker. He is the editor of the journal Adaptation and an editorial board member of Cinema Journal.
Release date Australia
April 15th, 2012
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Contributions by Anna Everett
  • Contributions by Bob Rehak
  • Contributions by Dina Smith
  • Contributions by Linda Ruth Williams
  • Contributions by Nigel Morris
  • Contributions by Nora Alter
  • Contributions by Sharon Willis
  • Contributions by Thomas Schatz
  • Contributions by Timothy Corrigan
  • Edited by Timothy Corrigan
Illustrations
33 photographs
Interest Age
From 16 to 99 years
Pages
270
Dimensions
156x235x16
ISBN-13
9780813552828
Product ID
18570150

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