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History and Story in the American Political Thriller Film
Hollywood in the Labyrinth
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2023
Summary
In this book, Pablo Castrillo Maortua analyzes the emergence of the political thriller in Hollywood at a time of angst and turmoil in the United States. The Cold War, the nuclear age, domestic and international scandals, and an increasingly deceitful political culture catalyzed a filmmaking current that would gradually develop its own narrative form and aesthetics into a new genre. Castrillo Maortua explores the dramatic identity and design of the American political thriller, tracking the close correlation between the evolution of the genre and the history of the United States from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the ensuing War on Terror. Ultimately, the author demonstrates how the American political thriller defies Hollywood conventions and cultural presuppositions with an entertaining yet critical view of the state of politics. Scholars of film studies, screenwriting, and genre theory will find this book of particular interest.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-5470-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-5471-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
274
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
The Thriller Form No access
American Political Cinema No access
The Political Thriller Film No access
Gangsters and Communists No access
A Cold, M.A.D. World No access
A Dulled and Dreary Golden Age (1970s) No access
The Political Thriller in the Blockbuster Age (1980s-1990s) No access
Fire, Brimstone, and Drones No access
The Labyrinth Within (2010s) No access
Across the Labyrinth No access
Theseus against the System No access
Spatial Aesthetics No access
Conclusion No access
Appendix No access Pages 251 - 258
References No access Pages 259 - 266
Index No access Pages 267 - 272
About the Author No access Pages 273 - 274
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