Title: Cinema of simulation : hyperreal Hollywood in the long 1990s /
Authors: Laist, Randy, 1974-
Year: 2015
Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.; Realism in motion pictures.; Motion pictures, American Philosophy.; Realism in motion pictures; Motion pictures Philosophy
Abstract: "Drawing on the critical theories of Jean Baudrillard, Cinema of Simulation performs close readings of key films to examine cinematic visions of mutational reality"--
Contents: Introduction: The Hyperreal Theme in 1990s American Cinema -- Back to the Future as Baudrillardian Parable -- The Alien films and Baudrillard's Phases of Simulation -- The Hyperrealization of Arnold Schwarzenegger -- Oliver Stone's Hyperreal Period -- Bill Clinton Goes to the Movies -- Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and Baudrillard's Perfect Crime -- Recursive Self-Reflection in The Player -- Revisiting Baudrillard, The Matrix, and the "Real 1999" -- Reality / Television: The Truman Show -- Recombinant Reality in Jurassic Park -- Brad versus Tyler in Fight Club -- Shakespeare in the long 1990s -- Ambiguous Origins in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace -- Looking for the Real: Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, and Titanic -- That's Cryotainment! Postmortem Cinema in the Long 1990s.