Action movies : the cinema of striking back / Harvey O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Harvey.

Series:

Short cuts (London, England) ; 51.

Short cuts ; 51

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture plays.

Action and adventure films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Columbia University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back is a study of action cinema, exploring the ethics and aesthetics of the genre with reference to its relatively short history. It moves from seminal classics like Bullitt (1968) and Dirty Harry (1971) through epoch-defining films like Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Die Hard (1988) to revisions, reboots, and renewals in films like Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003), Taken (2008), and The Expendables (2010). The action genre is a fusion of form and content: a cinema of action about action. It is a cinema of the will, configured as a decisive reaction to

Contents:

OTHER TITLES IN THE SHORT CUTS SERIES; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE WAR AT HOME; 2 THE HYPERBOLIC BODY; 3 THE END OF IDEOLOGY; 4 THE RETURN; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.119-127) and index.

Filmography: p. 111-118.

ISBN:

9780231850223

0231850220

OCLC:

827861484