Hollywood's Dirtiest Secret : : The Hidden Environmental Costs of the Movies / / Hunter Vaughan.
In an era when many businesses have come under scrutiny for their environmental impact, the film industry has for the most part escaped criticism and regulation. Its practices are more diffuse; its final product, less tangible; and Hollywood has adopted public-relations strategies that portray it as...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Film and Culture Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 26 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION. The Big Picture
- CHAPTER ONE. Burning Down the House: Fire, Explosion, and the Eco-ethics of Destruction Spectacle
- CHAPTER TWO. "Five Hundred Thousand Kilowatts of Stardust": Water and Resource Use in Movies and the Marketing of Nature
- CHAPTER THREE. Wind of Change: New Screen Technologies, the Visualization of Invisible Environmental Threats, and the Materiality of the Virtual
- CHAPTER FOUR. Apocalypse Tomorrow: The Myth of Earth's End in the Digital Era
- CHAPTER FIVE. The Fifth Element: Hollywood as Invasive Species and the Human Side of Environmental Media
- CONCLUSION. An Element of Hope
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index