The 'War on Terror' and American Film : 9/11 Frames per Second ISBN: 9780748693115 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Edinburgh University Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Fine Arts; Literature;
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 fromBlack 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.