Spectacular Narratives
Subtitle: Hollywood in the Age of the Blockbuster (Cinema and Society)
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: February 3, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781860645730
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Popular culture; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Film & Video - Cinematography; Film & Video - History & Criticism; History / United States / 20th Century; United States - 20th Century
First sentence: The hero of Twister (1996) sniffs the air, picks up a handful of dirt and lets it fall slowly through his fingers before looking up into the sky, instinctively reading the natural signs that tell him when and where a tornado is brewing.