Pablo Castrillo Maortua

History and Story in the American Political Thriller Film (eBook, PDF)

Hollywood in the Labyrinth

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978794726
• Artikelnr.: 74835556

Autorenporträt

Pablo Castrillo Maortua is associate professor in the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media at the University of Navarra.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: GENRE
Chapter 1. The Thriller Form
Chapter 2. American Political Cinema
Chapter 3. The Political Thriller Film
PART II: HISTORY
Chapter 4. Gangsters and Communists: Formative Phase (1930s-50s)
Chapter 5. A Cold, M.A.D. World: Birth of the Political Thriller (1960s)
Chapter 6. A Dulled and Dreary Golden Age (1970s)
Chapter 7. The Political Thriller in the Blockbuster Age (1980s-1990s)
Chapter 8. Fire, Brimstone, and Drones: The New Wave of the 2000s
Chapter 9. The Labyrinth Within (2010s)
PART III. STORY
Chapter 10. Across the Labyrinth: Plotting A Course
Chapter 11. Theseus Against the System: Character Types
Chapter 12. Spatial Aesthetics: Labyrinths and Fortresses
Epilogue
Appendix: Selected Filmography
References
About the Author