The 'War on Terror' and American Film : : 9/11 Frames Per Second / / Terence McSweeney.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: McSweeney, Terence,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Traditions in American Cinema : TAC
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 30 B/W illustrations

An exploration of the impact of 9/11 and the ‘War on Terror’ on American cinemaPopular cinema is often derided with the epithet ‘it’s only a movie’, but is there any more potent cultural artefact than popular film? Where could one turn for a more effective cultural barometer than to Hollywood cinema?American film in the first decade of the new millennium became a cultural battleground on which a war of representation was waged, but did these films endorse the ‘War on Terror’ or criticise it? More than just reproducing these fears and fantasies, The ‘War on Terror’ and American Film: 9/11 Frames Per Second argues that American cinema has played a significant role in shaping them, restructuring how audiences have viewed the ‘War on Terror’ in particularly influential ways.This compelling, theoretically informed and up-to-date exploration of contemporary American cinema charts the evolution of the impact of 9/11 on Hollywood film from Black Hawk Down (2001), through Batman Begins (2005), United 93 (2006) to Olympus Has Fallen (2013). Through a vibrant analysis of a range of genres and films – which in turn reveal a strikingly diverse array of social, historical and political perspectives – The ‘War on Terror’ and American Film:9/11 Frames Per Second explores the impact of 9/11 and the war on terror on American cinema in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond.Key FeaturesCharts the evolution of the impact of 9/11 on Hollywood film: draws on a range of contemporary films including Black Hawk Down (2001), through Batman Begins (2005), United 93 (2006) to Olympus Has Fallen (2013)Comprehensive and broad in scope: provides a rich social, historical and political contextInterrogates the emerging debates of the era: focuses on some of the most prominent genres/sub-genres and cycles of the decade and explains why they have emerged and how they differ from pre 9/11 films

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. THE LIVES OF OTHERS: VULNERABILITY IN POST- 9/11 AMERICAN CINEMA -- 2. BOOTS ON THE GROUND: THE NEW MILLENNIAL COMBAT FILM AS CULTURAL ARTEFACT -- 3. ‘MASTERS OF OUR OWN SECURITY’: REDEMPTION THROUGH VIOLENCE IN THE POST- 9/11 ACTION GENRE -- 4. TURNING TO THE DARK SIDE: CHALLENGING AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY IN THE SUPERHERO GENRE -- 5. REMAKING 9/11: IMAGINING THE UNIMAGINABLE IN THE ALIEN- INVASION FILM -- 6. DECADE OF THE DEAD: ZOMBIE FILMS AS ALLEGORY OF NATIONAL TRAUMA -- 7. THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRES: THE ‘WAR ON TERROR’ AS ALLEGORICAL MOMENT IN HISTORICAL FILM -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SELECT FILMOGRAPHY -- INDEX