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American politics in Hollywood film /

How is the American political landscape represented in cinema? What is the relationship between Hollywood and Washington? From Arnold Schwarzenegger's rise to the Governorship of California through to the drama of the celebrity-fuelled 2008 Presidential election, Hollywood and politics have nev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, Ian, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : 'We're living your scripts'
  • Film, ideology and American politics : Hollywood and the portrayal of American political ideas ; The iconography of Hollywood politics
  • Political films in the classic studio era : Inside the corridors of power ; Symbolism, iconography and the movies of Frank Capra
  • Hollywood on the campaign trail : Hollywood and early election campaigns ; The boys on the bus ; Contemporary election movies
  • Action, conspiracy and paranoia in Hollywood political films : The pre-Cold War thriller films ; Post 1945: Cold War conspiracy ; Alan J. Pakula and the classic paranoia style ; Political thrillers in the contemporary era
  • Political biography in film : Origins and evolution ; Drama and politics: the biographies of Oliver Stone
  • Hollywood and America in the new foreign policy era : Trust no one ; Decoding the documentary
  • Hollywood and contemporary domestic politics : Who took the politics out of political movies ; Political films in the 1990s ; The 2000s and beyond.