| Description |
xvi, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Cinema and society series |
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Cinema and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-211) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The inheritance -- The creation of modern Hollywood -- The movement last time -- Greed is good -- The liberal Hollywood response to Reagan -- War - studio spectacle and directorial detractors -- Challenge of the creative community -- pt. 2. The crisis of Hollywood liberalism -- The context for Clinton -- Clinton, heroism and the liberal Hollywood tradition -- Globalisation and the alternative media expose of Clinton -- The president's Hollywood friends -- Progressive Hollywood responds -- the new anti-corporate thread -- Steven Soderbergh and the brief independent boom -- Race and the independent movie -- Money can't buy you Bill -- Crisis of the progressive agenda -- Old heroes - Warren Beatty -- New heroes -- Reinventing the liberal tradition -- The new liberal aesthetic - the individual in society. |
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pt.3. The next generation -- 'Oooo! We hate Bush and we hate Bush ... -- The new movement - Seattle and Cradle Will Rock -- Globalisation and George Bush Jr -- Local and global -- Anti-capitalism in the mainstream -- Progressive ideology and activism in Hollywood -- The anti-capitalist aesthetic and its ambiguous brother -- Copying the independent gun movie -- Trans-national Hollywood business -- Michael Moore's radical documentary phenomenon -- War, resistance, unity -- Individualist film and the collective spirit -- Hey! Arnie, the election. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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Motion picture industry.
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| ISBN |
1845111036 (pbk.) |
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1845110250 (hbk.) |
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9781845110253 (hbk.) |
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9781845111038 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 27676014X |
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YDXCP 100395926 |
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YDXCP 100406360 |
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NZ1 9478193 |
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