Cinema Wars: Hollywood Film and Politics in the Bush-Cheney Era
Book Details
Author(s)
Douglas M. Kellner
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN / ASIN
1405198230
ISBN-13
9781405198233
Availability
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Sales Rank
#10,332,237
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
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, TheDark 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
