The 'War on Terror' and American Film By Terence McSweeney (Hardback)

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Edinburgh university press

The 'War on Terror' and American Film : Edinburgh University Press : 9780748693092 : 0748693092 : 30 Jan 2015 : 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 ? this book explores the impact of 9/11 and the war on terror on American cinema in the first decade of the new millennium and beyond.

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