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Harvey O'Brien Action Movies (Paperback) Short Cuts
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Action Movies
- Publication Name
- Action Movies
- Title
- Action Movies
- Subtitle
- The Cinema of Striking Back
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0231163312
- EAN
- 9780231163316
- ISBN
- 9780231163316
- Publisher
- WallFlower Press
- Genre
- Performing Arts
- Release Date
- 20/11/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0in
- Item Length
- 0.8in
- Series
- Short Cuts
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Topic
- Film / General, Film / History & Criticism
- Item Width
- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 6.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
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Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back is a study of action cinema, exploring the ethics and aesthetics of the genre with reference to its relatively short history. It moves from seminal classics like Bullitt (1968) and Dirty Harry (1971) through epoch-defining films like Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988) to revisions, reboots, and renewals in films like Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Taken (2008), and The Expendables (2010). The action genre is a fusion of form and content: a cinema of action about action. It is a cinema of the will, configured as a decisive reaction to untenable circumstances. Action heroes take up arms against the sea of troubles that beset them, safe in the knowledge that if they don't do it, nobody will. Though this makes the action movie profoundly disturbing as an embodiment of moral ideology, its enduring appeal proves the appetite for assurance remains undiminished, even in the wake of 9/11.
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Publisher
WallFlower Press
ISBN-10
0231163312
ISBN-13
9780231163316
eBay Product ID (ePID)
117181087
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Genre
Performing Arts
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.8in
Item Height
0in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
6.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn1995.9.A3o3 2012
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
This smart, short introduction to the action film tackles the history, aesthetics and politics of an American genre that remains both extraordinarily visible and yet unexplored. It provides readers with a deftly argued account of the genre's distinctive aesthetic and its complex involvement in cultural themes of trauma, violence, and redemption., A good source for better understanding action cinema, its evolution, and connection with the real world.
Publication Name
Action Movies : the Cinema of Striking Back
Table of Content
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. The War at Home 2. The Hyperbolic Body 3. The End of Ideology 4. The Return Filmography Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2012
Dewey Decimal
791.436
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series
Short Cuts Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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