Title: American cinema in the shadow of 9/11 /
Authors: McSweeney, Terence,
Date: 2017
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press,
Physical description: x, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: P
Abstract: American Cinema in the Shadow of 9/11 is a ground-breaking collection of essays by some of the foremost scholars writing in the field of contemporary American film. Through a dynamic critical analysis of the defining films of the turbulent post-9/11 decade, the volume explores and interrogates the impact of 9/11 and the 'War on Terror' on American cinema and culture. In a vibrant discussion of films like American Sniper (2014), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Spectre (2015), The Hateful Eight (2015), Lincoln (2012), The Mist (2007), Children of Men (2006), Edge of Tomorrow (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), noted authors Geoff King, Guy Westwell, John Shelton Lawrence, Ian Scott, Andrew Schopp, James Kendrick, Sean Redmond, Steffen Hantke and many others consider the power of popular film to function as a potent cultural artefact, able to both reflect the defining fears and anxieties of the tumultuous era, but also shape them in compelling and resonant ways.
Contents: List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword / Alison Landsberg. Introduction: American cinema in the shadow of 9/11 / Terence McSweeney. Part 1 Dramatisations of the "War on Terror" : The mythic shape of American Sniper (2015) / John Shelton Lawrence and Robert Jewett -- Responding to realities or telling the same old story? Mixing real-world and mythic resonances in The Kingdom (207) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012) / Geoff King -- Acts of redemption and "the falling man" photograph in post-9/11 US cinema / Guy Westwell -- "You be very mindful of how you act:" post-9/11 culture and Arab American subjectivities in Joseph Castelo's The War Within (2005) and Hesham Issawi's AmericanEast (2008) / Paul Petrovic -- Refracting fundamentalism in Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) / Ana Cristina Mendes and Karen Bennett. Part 2 Influences of the "War on Terror" : "Not now that strength:" embodiment and globalisation in post-9/11 James Bond / Vincent M. Gaine -- Training the body politic: networked masculinity and the "War on Terror" in Hollywood film / Adam Knee -- "Gettin' dirty:" Tarantino's vengeful justice, the marked viewer and post-9/11 America / Andrew Schopp -- Stop the clocks: Lincoln and post-9/11 cinema / Ian Scott -- Foreshadows of the fall: questioning 9/11's impact on American attitudes / Stephen Joyce. Part 3 Allegories of the "War on Terror" : "Daddy, I'm scared. can we go home?" Fear and allegory in Frank Darabont's The Mist (200&) / Terence McSweeney -- The terrible, horrible desire to know: post-9/11 horror remakes, reboots, sequels and prequels / James Kendrick -- Post-9/11 power and responsibility in the Marvel cinematic universe / Christine Muller -- Nowhere left to zone in Children of Men (2006) / Sean Redmond - Traumatise, repeat, finish: military science fiction (long) after 9/11 and Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow (2014) / Steffen Hantke. Selected filmography -- Notes on the contributors -- Index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in motion pictures.; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.