German wartime memory, American exceptionalism, and post-Cold War blockbuster cinema / Robert Pirro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pirro, Robert Carl, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Popular culture and world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emmerich, Roland--Criticism and interpretation.

Emmerich, Roland.

Petersen, Wolfgang--Criticism and interpretation.

Petersen, Wolfgang.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors--Germany.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Psychic trauma in motion pictures.

World War, 1939-1945--Motion pictures and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations (color.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2026.

Contents:

Independence Day (1996) : processing German memories of the Luftkrieg in Roland Emmerich's alien invasion epic

Troy (2004) : Wolfgang Petersen's Achilles as the bearer of German wartime trauma

2012 (2009) and Anonymous (2011) : Roland Emmerich's dashed political hopes : through the prism of David Caspar Friedrich Motifs

Valkyrie (2008) and Inglourious Basterds (2009) : Tom Cruise and Quentin Tarantino attempt to master the Nazi past

In the Line of Fire (1993) and Valkyrie (2008) : November 1963 and July 1944 through a transatlantic lens

Midway (2019) and Air Force One (1997) : German Hollywood's transatlantic : discourse of geopolitics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version Pirro, Robert C. German wartime memory, American exceptionalism, and post-Cold Wwar transatlantic

ISBN:

9781003630050 (electronic bk.)

1003630057 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032891955

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.