Hollywood and the CIA : cinema, defense, and subversion / Oliver Boyd-Barrett, David Herrera, and Jim Baumann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd-Barrett, Oliver, author.

Contributor:

Baumann, Jim.

Herrera, David, 1986-

Series:

Media, War and Security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--In motion pictures.

United States.

Espionage in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States.

Motion pictures.

International relations in motion pictures.

Politics in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates representations of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Hollywood films, and the synergies between Hollywood product, U.S. military/defense interests and U.S. foreign policy.As probably the best known of the many different intelligence agencies of the US, the CIA is an exceptionally well known national and international icon or even ""brand,"" one that exercises a powerful influence on the imagination of people throughout the world as well as on the creative minds of filmmakers. The book examines films sampled from five decades - the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 19

Contents:

Hollywood and the CIA : "a bunch of seedy, squalid bastards"

The 1960s : in the shadows

The 1970s : "there are no more secrets"

The 1980s : "we've wiped out entire cultures! and for what?"

The 1990s : black ops meet terror

The 2000s : history interrupted

Conclusion : once upon a time in Hollywood.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-80675-X

1-283-10366-4

9786613103666

1-136-80676-8

0-203-82821-6

9780203828212

OCLC:

713021657