Visions of the Apocalypse : spectacles of destruction in American cinema by Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950- instant download

Visions of the Apocalypse : spectacles of destruction in American cinema by Dixon, Wheeler W., 1950- instant download

1 online resource (xiii, 169 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :, 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, Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-158) and index, Introduction: Tyranny of Images -- Freedom from Choice -- Invasion USA -- Limits of Time -- Coda: The Copenhagen Defense, Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized 2010, Print version record