[Free pdf] Visions of the Apocalypse: Spectacles of Destruction in American Cinema
☆ Wheeler Winston Dixon ☆
| #3501999 in Books | Wallflower Press | 2003-09-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.34 x.52 x6.16l,.85 | File Name: 1903364744 | 192 pages |
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| How films shape our culture & how culture shapes our films - 4 & 1/2 stars|By Tim Lukeman|Those readers looking for a book solely about apocalyptic films will only be partially satisfied by this intelligent, incisive book. While it does delve into the ways apocalypse is presented in American films, covering quite a few of them, it's more an examination of American culture itse||"Wheeler Winston Dixon's Visions of the Apocalypse explores American cinema and its fascination with spectacles of destruction, while simultaneously commenting on the ways in which Hollywood has created a culture of sameness where conformity rules. Luc
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 budg...
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