Echoes of Reaganism in Hollywood blockbuster movies from the 1980s to the 2010s / Ilias Ben Mna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mna, Ilias Ben, author.

Series:

American culture (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Band 15.

American culture ; Band 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics in motion pictures.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, [2021]

Summary:

This book examines the reverberations of key components of Ronald Reagan's ideology in selected Hollywood blockbuster movies. The aim of this analysis is to provide a clearer understanding of the intertwinement of cinematic spectacles with neoliberalism and neoconservatism. The analysis comprises a dissection of Reagan's presidential rhetoric and the examination of four seminal Hollywood blockbuster movies. The time range for analysis stretches from the 1980s until the 2010s. Among the key foci are filmic content as well as production and distribution contexts. It is concluded that Reagan's political metaphors and the corporatization of film studios in the 1970s and 1980s continue to shape much of Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.

Contents:

Blockbusters - Movies - Ronald Reagan - Reaganism - US politics - Neoliberalism - Neoconservatism - Cultural studies - Film analysis - Hollywood - Film history - Blockbuster movies - Cinema - Technocapitalism - Action - Science fiction - US presidents - Presidential rhetoric.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.