Afghanistan in the cinema
By: Mark Graham.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252035272; 9780252077128
Subjects: Afghanistan -- In motion pictures
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : haunted eyes; title: Imperialist nostalgia. Getting in touch with our inner savage : The horsemen; title: Butch and Sundance in Afghanistan : The man who would be king; title: The new great game : Rambo III, The beast, and Charlie Wilson's war; title: The burqa films. Land without images : Kandahar; title: Afghan gothic : Osama; title: Border crossings. The west unveiled : In this world; title: The poetry of silence : Ellipsis; title: A way to feel good again : The kite runner; title: Conclusion : ending Charlie Wilson's war.