Cinema Wars

Hollywood Film and Politics in the Bush-Cheney Era

Douglas M. Kellner

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781444360493
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film History & Criticism

Cinema Wars explores the intersection of film, politics, and US culture and society through a bold critical analysis of the films, TV shows, and documentaries produced in the early 2000s

• Offers a thought-provoking depiction of Hollywood film as a contested terrain between conservative and liberal forces
• Films and documentaries discussed include: Black Hawk Down, The Dark Knight, Star Wars, Syriana, WALL-E, Fahrenheit 9/11 and other Michael Moore documentaries, amongst others
• Explores how some films in this era supported the Bush-Cheney regime, while others criticized the administration, openly or otherwise
• Investigates Hollywood's treatment of a range of hot topics, from terrorism and environmental crisis to the Iraq war and the culture wars of the 2000s
• Shows how Hollywood film in the 2000s brought to life a vibrant array of social protest and helped create cultural conditions to elect Barack Obama
  

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright
• Acknowledgments
• List of Plates
• Introduction
• 1: Confronting the Horrors of the Bush-Cheney Era
• 2: Hollywood’s 9/11 and Spectacles of Terror
• 3: Michael Moore’s Provocations
• 4: Hollywood Political Critiques of the Bush-Cheney Regime
• 5: The Cinematic Iraq War
• Conclusion
• References
• Index