American cinema of the 2000s : themes and variations / edited by Timothy Corrigan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corrigan, Timothy.

Series:

Screen decades.

Screen decades

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--Plots, themes, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The decade from 2000 to 2009 is framed, at one end, by the traumatic catastrophe of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and, at the other, by the election of the first African American president of the United States. In between, the United States and the world witnessed the rapid expansion of new media and the Internet, such natural disasters as Hurricane Katrina, political uprisings around the world, and a massive meltdown of world economies. Amid these crises and revolutions, American films responded in multiple ways, sometimes directly reflecting these turbulent times, and sometimes indirectly couching history in traditional genres and stories. In American Cinema of the 2000's, essays from ten top film scholars examine such popular series as the groundbreaking Matrix films and the gripping adventures of former CIA covert operative Jason Bourne; new, offbeat films like Juno; and the resurgence of documentaries like Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11. Each essay demonstrates the complex ways in which American culture and American cinema are bound together in subtle and challenging ways.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

TIMELINE: The 2000's

INTRODUCTION. Movies and the 2000's

2000 Movies , Anti-Climaxes and Disenchantments

2001 Movies , Smart Films , and Dumb Stories

2002 Movies and Melancholy

2003 Movies, " Shock and Awe," and the Troubled Blockbuster

2004 Movies and Spectacle in a Political Year

2005 Movies, Terror, and the American Family

2006 Movies and Crisis

2007 Movies and the Art of Living Dangerously

2008 Movies and a Hollywood Too Big to Fail

2009 Movies, a Nation, and New Identities

2000 2009 Select Academy Award

Works Cited And Consulted

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49258-9

9786613587817

0-8135-5323-7

OCLC:

787852147