The cinema of James Cameron : bodies in heroic motion / James Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, James, 1972-

Series:

Directors' cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameron, James, 1954---Criticism and interpretation.

Cameron, James.

Cameron, James, 1954-.

Motion picture producers and directors--Canada.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Criticism and interpretation.

Canada.

Physical Description:

vii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Wallflower Press, [2014]

Summary:

This timely volume explores the massively popular cinema of writer-director James Cameron. It couches Cameron's films within the evolving generic traditions of science fiction, melodrama, and the cinema of spectacle. The book also considers Cameron's engagement with the aesthetic of visual effects and the 'now' technology of performance-capture which is arguably moving a certain kind of event-movie cinema from photography to something more akin to painting. This book is explicit in presenting Cameron as an authentic auteur, and each chapter is dedicated to a single film in his body of work, from The Terminator to Avatar. Space is also given to discussion of Strange Days as well as his short films and documentary works. Directors' cuts focus on the work of the most significant contemporary international filmmakers, illuminating the creative dynamics of World Cinema. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Genesis: From Short Film Visions to Low-Budget Monster Movie 29

2 The Terminator (1984) 35

3 Aliens (1986) 57

4 The Abyss (1989) 75

3 Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) 89

6 True Lies (1994) 103

7 Titanic (1997) 115

8 Avatar (2009) 129

9 Cameron's Documentaries 149

10 Cameron as Writer and Producer 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0231169760

9780231169769

9780231169776

0231169779

OCLC:

863199949