Keane Disaster Movies

The Cinema of Catastrophe
2. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-85027-8
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 203 mm

Reihe: Short Cuts

Stephen Keane's history of the disaster genre offers a detailed analysis of films such as The Towering Inferno, Independence Day, Titanic, and The Day After Tomorrow. He looks at the ways in which disaster movies can be read in relation to both contextual considerations and the increasing commercial demands of contemporary Hollywood. In this second edition, he adds new material regarding cinematic representations of disaster in the wake of 9/11 and an analysis of disaster movies in light of recent natural disasters. Keane continually reworks this previously unexplored genre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keane, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmführer, Filmkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmproduktion, Filmtechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The Savage Seventies
2. Transitions: Action and Disaster
3. The Sense of an Ending
4. Surviving Disaster
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Keane is lecturer in film at the University of Leeds, Bretton Hall Campus. He is also author of the forthcoming CineTech: Film, Convergence and New Media.